diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index fe0d2277..5ef4baf0 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -301,9 +301,7 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
         tld.spiff_step = process_instance_model.spiff_step
 
         # we want this to be the fully qualified path to the process model including all group subcomponents
-        current_app.config[
-            "THREAD_LOCAL_DATA"
-        ].process_model_identifier = (
+        current_app.config["THREAD_LOCAL_DATA"].process_model_identifier = (
             f"{process_instance_model.process_model_identifier}"
         )