diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py
index 5c81c011f400dde670fa7551a54571f71dfe7999..c5cd92368286154eaee415c5165b7376325707fb 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/routes/update.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def provision_maybe():
         and the timestamp of the last provisioning, respectively.
     """
 
-    global provision_state
+    global provision_state  # noqa: F824
 
     now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
     timestamp = provision_state['time']