diff --git a/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py b/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
index 4727ec2..b589f71 100644
--- a/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
+++ b/notifications/templatetags/notifications_tags.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def register_notify_callbacks(badge_class='live_notify_badge',  # pylint: disabl
     )
 
     # add a nonce value to the script tag if one is provided
-    nonce_str = ' nonce="{nonce}"'.format(nonce=nonce) if nonce is not None else ""
+    nonce_str = ' nonce="{nonce}"'.format(nonce=nonce) if nonce else ""
 
     script = '<script type="text/javascript"{nonce}>'.format(nonce=nonce_str) + definitions
     for callback in callbacks.split(','):