diff --git a/pynest/nest/tests/test_sp/test_issue_578_sp.py b/pynest/nest/tests/test_sp/test_issue_578_sp.py
index db09751f65..98a78cfd51 100644
--- a/pynest/nest/tests/test_sp/test_issue_578_sp.py
+++ b/pynest/nest/tests/test_sp/test_issue_578_sp.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_targets(self):
         try:
             nest.Simulate(200 * 1000)
         except:
-            print sys.exc_info()[0]
+            print(sys.exc_info()[0])
             self.fail("Exception during simulation")