diff --git a/webservice/job_monitor.py b/webservice/job_monitor.py
index 069f04063c53e4a8a269a8c55e43ce3deaf711e5..802d74596d365fb6f98d3c88efe3a809c1299ac7 100644
--- a/webservice/job_monitor.py
+++ b/webservice/job_monitor.py
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ def update_job_db(config):
             c = conn.cursor()
             c.execute("SELECT * FROM jobs WHERE status IN ('R', 'PD', 'CG') ")
             combined = {}
-            log.debug("SLURM info {}".format(statii))
+            log.debug(f"SLURM info {statii}")
 
             for r in c.fetchall():
                 rid, jobid, proposal, run, status, _time, det, action = r
-                log.debug("DB info {}".format(r))
+                log.debug(f"DB info {r}")
 
                 cflg, cstatus, *_ = combined.setdefault((rid, action), (
                     [], [], proposal, run, det
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def update_job_db(config):
                     c.execute(query, (slstatus, runtime, jobid))
 
                     cflg.append('R')
-                    cstatus.append("{}-{}".format(slstatus, runtime))
+                    cstatus.append(f"{slstatus}-{runtime}")
                 else:
                     _, sltime, slstatus = slurm_job_status(jobid)
                     query = "UPDATE jobs SET status=? WHERE jobid LIKE ?"