diff --git a/linkchecker b/linkchecker
index 51195d51..8a66288c 100755
--- a/linkchecker
+++ b/linkchecker
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ for opt,arg in options:
     elif opt=="-N" or opt=="--nntp-server":
         config["nntpserver"] = arg
 
-    elif opt="--no-anchor-caching":
+    elif opt=="--no-anchor-caching":
         config["noanchorcaching"] = 1
 
     elif opt=="-p" or opt=="--password":