diff --git a/cloudbot b/cloudbot
index 3717be8..4e0a0f0 100755
--- a/cloudbot
+++ b/cloudbot
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ except (subprocess.CalledProcessError), e:
 screen = re.match(r'^/usr/bin/screen$', screencheck)
 if os.path.isfile("./config"):
     backend = config.get("wrapper", {}).get("backend", "daemon")
-else
+else:
     backend = daemon
 
 try: