diff --git a/vision/vision_general/scripts/face_recognition_node.py b/vision/vision_general/scripts/face_recognition_node.py
index dd5b86b..3bc8c2e 100644
--- a/vision/vision_general/scripts/face_recognition_node.py
+++ b/vision/vision_general/scripts/face_recognition_node.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def run(self) -> None:
 
             # If not a tracked face, then it needs to be processed (compare to known faces)
             if not flag:
-                if face_encodings == None:
+                if face_encodings is None:
                     face_encodings = face_recognition.face_encodings(resized_frame, face_locations)
                 
                 face_encoding = face_encodings[i]