diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v0/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v0/base_controller.rb
index 020b268..158c043 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v0/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v0/base_controller.rb
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       def authenticate_token
         authenticate_with_http_token do |token, options|
           # reject the empty string as it is our base empty token
-          if !token = ""
+          if token != ""
             @token = token
             @user = User.find_by(api_token: token)
             # if no user found, return false, otherwise true