diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/ova.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/ova.py
index 4715ec9a..a69208ca 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/ova.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/ova.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def delete_ova(zkhandler, name):
 def upload_ova(zkhandler, pool, name, ova_size):
     # Check that we have a default_ova provisioning script
     _, retcode = provisioner.list_script("default_ova", is_fuzzy=False)
-    if retcode != "200":
+    if retcode != 200:
         output = {
             "message": "Did not find a 'default_ova' provisioning script. Please add one with that name, either the example from '/usr/share/pvc/provisioner/examples/script/2-ova.py' or a custom one, before uploading OVAs."
         }