diff --git a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
index a7d9afe..3b69424 100755
--- a/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
+++ b/python/obitools3/dms/view/view.pyx
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ cdef class Line :
 
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return bytes2str(self).repr_bytes()
+        return bytes2str(self.repr_bytes())
 
 
     cpdef repr_bytes(self):