diff --git a/files/gvm_library.py b/files/gvm_library.py
index c8579619775615b07da778b3df6f2360db96add6..b46c3ab09fc46515aaa2ac1f48b081538c2d361f 100644
--- a/files/gvm_library.py
+++ b/files/gvm_library.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class GVMClient():
         if status == "201":
             target_id = str(res.xpath('@id')[0])
             client_res = self.client.get_targets(filter_string = target_id)
-            target_info = client_res.xpath('target')[0]:
+            target_info = client_res.xpath('target')[0]
             t = Target()
             t.client = self.client
             t.name = target_info.xpath('name/text()')[0]