diff --git a/bin/blink b/bin/blink
index 03a295ca94c33ab0aa0e5206feda96748cf76fab..562d08d085b268be8a80f2bbfae9b4cc92e30a97 100644
--- a/bin/blink
+++ b/bin/blink
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     __file__
 except NameError:
-    __file__ = file = sys.argv[0]
+    __file__ = sys.argv[0]
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 parent_dir = os.path.dirname(script_dir)
 if os.path.basename(script_dir)=='bin' and os.path.exists(os.path.join(parent_dir, 'blink', '__init__.py')):