diff --git a/src/helper_startup.py b/src/helper_startup.py
index b4951668..ab59cf81 100644
--- a/src/helper_startup.py
+++ b/src/helper_startup.py
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ def updateConfig():
     if not config.has_option('bitmessagesettings', 'identiconsuffix'):
         # acts as a salt
         config.set(
-            'bitmessagesettings', 'identiconsuffix', ''.join(
-                helper_random.randomchoice(
-                    "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ"
-                    "abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz") for x in range(12))
+            'bitmessagesettings', 'identiconsuffix',
+            ''.join(helper_random.randomchoice(
+                "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz")
+                for x in range(12))
         )  # a twelve character pseudo-password to salt the identicons
 
     # Add settings to support no longer resending messages after