diff --git a/bot/plugins/useless.py b/bot/plugins/useless.py
index e6b0468..2a862e6 100644
--- a/bot/plugins/useless.py
+++ b/bot/plugins/useless.py
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ class Useless(DatabasePlugin):
         limit
           1
         ''')
-        nick = args.get('<nick>') or mask.nick
-        self.bot.action(target, self.cur.fetchone()['item'].format(nick))
+        self.bot.action(target, self.cur.fetchone()['item'].format(
+            nick=args.get('<nick>') or mask.nick,
+        ))
 
     @command
     def yiff(self, mask: IrcString, target: IrcString, args: DocOptDict):