diff --git a/qt/aqt/editor.py b/qt/aqt/editor.py
index 120a31cf9..618140a42 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/editor.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/editor.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class Editor:
         if html.find(">") > -1:
             # filter html through beautifulsoup so we can strip out things like a
             # leading </div>
-            with warnings.catch_warnings() as w:
+            with warnings.catch_warnings():
                 warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
                 html = str(BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser"))
         self.note.fields[field] = html