diff --git a/thingsdb/util/is_name.py b/thingsdb/util/is_name.py
index e2fb9cf..8218127 100644
--- a/thingsdb/util/is_name.py
+++ b/thingsdb/util/is_name.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 
 def is_name(s: str) -> bool:
-    bool(_VALID_NAME.match(s))
+    return bool(_VALID_NAME.match(s))