diff --git a/lib/database.py b/lib/database.py
index e031327fe91a36bb2926ea248c30b440acf3e92a..3b76b54a35c350cb8355cd07aed1ed37cd94b317 100644
--- a/lib/database.py
+++ b/lib/database.py
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ class Database(object):
         if batch_size is None and not patients_only:
             report_name = f"{project}/Statistics/Reports/{project}_statistics_report{StatisticsOutputType.EXCEL.value}"
             reports = self.list_objects_keys(bucket=bucket, prefix=report_name, file_path=True)
-        if reports:
-            excel_stats_report = self.config.s3_client.get_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=report_name)["Body"].read()
+            if reports:
+                excel_stats_report = self.config.s3_client.get_object(Bucket=bucket, Key=report_name)["Body"].read()
         zip_filename = f"{project}{compression_type.value}"
         bytes_buffer = BytesIO()
         self.create_connection()