diff --git a/qt/widgets/common/src/SaveWorkspaces.cpp b/qt/widgets/common/src/SaveWorkspaces.cpp
index 838afb6a84ba13ebc88b0f10fc0ecaf0fae3f9a8..ef1f1d0152798604da132b87fd9d668a82b88ba2 100644
--- a/qt/widgets/common/src/SaveWorkspaces.cpp
+++ b/qt/widgets/common/src/SaveWorkspaces.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void SaveWorkspaces::saveSel() {
     } // end if save in this format
   }   // end loop over formats
 
-  saveCommands += "print 'success'";
+  saveCommands += "print('success')";
   QString status(runPythonCode(saveCommands).trimmed());
 
   if (m_saveAsZeroErrorFree) {