diff --git a/websiteFunctions/website.py b/websiteFunctions/website.py
index bcf512630..304785d0d 100755
--- a/websiteFunctions/website.py
+++ b/websiteFunctions/website.py
@@ -6840,7 +6840,7 @@ StrictHostKeyChecking no
             pattern = r"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9]*$"
 
             if re.match(pattern, sitename):
-                return True
+                pass
             else:
                 final_dic = {'status': 0, 'error_message': f'invalid site name "{sitename}": must consist only of lowercase alphanumeric characters, as well as start with a letter or number.'}
                 final_json = json.dumps(final_dic)