diff --git a/plasma/global_vars.py b/plasma/global_vars.py
index 68e5ce8f..a07b0d7e 100644
--- a/plasma/global_vars.py
+++ b/plasma/global_vars.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 def init_MPI():
     from mpi4py import MPI
-    global comm, task_index, num_workers#
+    global comm, task_index, num_workers
     comm = MPI.COMM_WORLD
     task_index = comm.Get_rank()
     num_workers = comm.Get_size()