diff --git a/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py b/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
index 8bb3abd93..4690791fa 100644
--- a/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
+++ b/drizzlepac/haputils/astrometric_utils.py
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ def build_auto_kernel(imgarr, whtarr, fwhm=3.0, threshold=None, source_box=7,
         kernel_fwhm = fwhm
         kernel = build_gaussian_kernel(fwhm, npixels=source_box)
 
-        log.info(f"Finished build_auto_kernel")
+    log.info(f"Finished build_auto_kernel")
 
     return (kernel, kernel_psf), kernel_fwhm