diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index be8b86941eaed8adcb6ec658ff48490bd4a36743..7f4c330a14c6a6675b8a430108e517c9ec45b910 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ def couchdb_proxy(real_port, p=''):
       'transfer-encoding', 'connection']
     headers = [(name, value) for (name, value) in resp.raw.headers.items()
                if name.lower() not in excluded_headers]
-    response = Response(resp.content, resp.status_code, headers)
-    return response  
+    return Response(resp.content, resp.status_code, headers)  
 
 @app.route('/')
 @app.route('/index.html')