diff --git a/kobo/xmlrpc.py b/kobo/xmlrpc.py
index 5f403175..ce351568 100644
--- a/kobo/xmlrpc.py
+++ b/kobo/xmlrpc.py
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def _single_request3(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=False):
         raise xmlrpclib.ProtocolError(host + handler, response.status, response.reason, response.msg)
 
     # override the appropriate request method
-        single_request = _single_request3
+    single_request = _single_request3
 
     def send_headers(self, connection, headers):
         headers.extend(self._cookie_headers)