diff --git a/webservice/manual_launch.py b/webservice/manual_launch.py
index 0aca35e38f7bf1555b2128de524c64a9aac856b9..a1dfe4c8b8148a060b30d41559354ef4667b9050 100644
--- a/webservice/manual_launch.py
+++ b/webservice/manual_launch.py
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def main(
         )
         con = zmq.Context()
         socket = con.socket(zmq.REQ)
-        con = socket.connect("tcp://max-exfl-cal001:5555")
+        socket.connect("tcp://max-exfl-cal001:5555")
 
         if not really:
             #  Fake socket for testing, just logs what would have been sent via ZMQ