diff --git a/realtime/middlewares/authenticate.js b/realtime/middlewares/authenticate.js
index 40b7a43a9e..022ba1f597 100644
--- a/realtime/middlewares/authenticate.js
+++ b/realtime/middlewares/authenticate.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function authenticate_with_frappe(socket, next) {
 		}
 
 		let headers = {};
-		 if (socket.authorization_header) {
+		if (socket.authorization_header) {
 			headers["Authorization"] = socket.authorization_header;
 		} else if (socket.sid) {
 			headers["Cookie"] = `sid=${socket.sid}`;