diff --git a/ush/python/pygfs/task/atm_analysis.py b/ush/python/pygfs/task/atm_analysis.py
index a2a3970280..f447eb5b1b 100644
--- a/ush/python/pygfs/task/atm_analysis.py
+++ b/ush/python/pygfs/task/atm_analysis.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def initialize(self: Analysis) -> None:
         if self.task_config.DOHYBVAR:
             logger.debug(f"Stage ensemble files for DOHYBVAR {self.task_config.DOHYBVAR}")
             self.task_config.RUN = 'enkf' + self.task_config.RUN
-            self.task_config.dirname ='ens'
+            self.task_config.dirname = 'ens'
             FileHandler(self.get_fv3ens_dict(self.task_config)).sync()
 
         # stage backgrounds