diff --git a/eessi_bot_event_handler.py b/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
index 8854bc4e..3991d86a 100644
--- a/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
+++ b/eessi_bot_event_handler.py
@@ -495,15 +495,16 @@ def handle_bot_command_status(self, event_info, bot_command):
         pr_number = event_info['raw_request_body']['issue']['number']
         status_table = request_bot_build_issue_comments(repo_name, pr_number)
 
-        comment = f"This is the status of all the `bot: build` commands:"
-        comment += f"\n|arch|result|date|status|url|"
-        comment += f"\n|----|------|----|------|---|"
+        comment_status = ''
+        comment_status += f"\nThis is the status of all the `bot: build` commands:"
+        comment_status += f"\n|arch|result|date|status|url|"
+        comment_status += f"\n|----|------|----|------|---|"
         for x in range(0, len(status_table['date'])):
-            comment += f"\n|{status_table['arch'][x]}|"
-            comment += f"{status_table['result'][x]}|"
-            comment += f"{status_table['date'][x]}|"
-            comment += f"{status_table['status'][x]}|"
-            comment += f"{status_table['url'][x]}|"
+            comment_status += f"\n|{status_table['arch'][x]}|"
+            comment_status += f"{status_table['result'][x]}|"
+            comment_status += f"{status_table['date'][x]}|"
+            comment_status += f"{status_table['status'][x]}|"
+            comment_status += f"{status_table['url'][x]}|"
 
         self.log(f"PR opened: comment '{comment}'")
         repo = gh.get_repo(repo_name)