diff --git a/R/mortalityTable.R b/R/mortalityTable.R
index eab9be6a04649513b8e186d3ffb379e38489ea77..f0286eb1388652f1fed6a7df1cfab60dc7083ef0 100644
--- a/R/mortalityTable.R
+++ b/R/mortalityTable.R
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #'
 #' @export mortalityTable
 #' @exportClass mortalityTable
-mortalityTable=setClass(
+mortalityTable = setClass(
     "mortalityTable",
     slots = list(
         name = "character",