diff --git a/scripts/messages/message_template.msg.sha256 b/scripts/messages/message_template.msg.sha256
index fd070287548c13013b88a2c7dcaf6dca9aa6bdfd..17a54e5358db99129ab9b88ba4015c607b3a0659 100644
--- a/scripts/messages/message_template.msg.sha256
+++ b/scripts/messages/message_template.msg.sha256
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1b3a27136052b532a0947ce7fb4339ffed1084f2ef8303d5b86eb6d176932803
\ No newline at end of file
+a296d27c93dd7e28e914234c9d511cb81a2c03842e84afd6adc7a33fe03f59b4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/template_verifier.py b/scripts/template_verifier.py
index 0e45eb77114ca0ffc6824955a510cf5d2ada5a12..e8f17890223f8489a72faca473dac5c122f1c2b1 100755
--- a/scripts/template_verifier.py
+++ b/scripts/template_verifier.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """\
 @file template_verifier.py
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ def run(sysargs):
     # retrieve the contents of the local template
     current = fetch(current_url)
     hexdigest = hashlib.blake2b(current).hexdigest()
-    if not options.force_verification:
+    if options.force_verification == False:
         # Early exist if the template hasn't changed.
         b2_url = "%s.b2" % current_url
         current_b2b = fetch(b2_url)