diff --git a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/validators.py b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/validators.py
index 53726ee4cd..e8320055a5 100644
--- a/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/validators.py
+++ b/tdrs-backend/tdpservice/parsers/validators.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def if_then_validator_func(value, row_schema):
                     ending_error = "validator2 passed"
 
                 error_message = (f"if {condition_field_name} " + (center_error) +
-                                 f" then " + ending_error)
+                                 " then " + ending_error)
             else:
                 error_message = None