diff --git a/wppost/wppost.php b/wppost/wppost.php
index dba738de..f2ee5d21 100644
--- a/wppost/wppost.php
+++ b/wppost/wppost.php
@@ -259,9 +259,11 @@ EOT;
 
 		Logger::debug('wppost: data: ' . $xml);
 
+		$x = '';
+
 		if ($wp_blog !== 'test') {
 			$x = DI::httpClient()->post($wp_blog, $xml)->getBodyString();
 		}
-		Logger::info('posted to wordpress: ' . (($x) ? $x : ''));
+		Logger::info('posted to wordpress: ' . $x);
 	}
 }