diff --git a/opentech/apply/activity/messaging.py b/opentech/apply/activity/messaging.py
index 442be98b2d534ca495ab4e475be420d150b689e1..55584d996f5f59d700e5bfb7d5e0885498666ce9 100644
--- a/opentech/apply/activity/messaging.py
+++ b/opentech/apply/activity/messaging.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class ActivityAdapter(AdapterBase):
         from .models import Activity, PUBLIC
         visibility = kwargs.get('visibility', PUBLIC)
 
-        related =kwargs['related']
+        related = kwargs['related']
         if isinstance(related, models.Model):
             related_object = related
         else: