diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 512a1fa..9ee1f78 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.9
+1.1.11
diff --git a/ecsclient/baseclient.py b/ecsclient/baseclient.py
index 4058751..7310b30 100644
--- a/ecsclient/baseclient.py
+++ b/ecsclient/baseclient.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def __init__(self, username=None, password=None, token=None,
             if not (token or os.path.isfile(token_path)):
                 raise ECSClientException("'token_endpoint' not provided and missing 'token'|'token_path'")
 
-        self.override_header = override_header 
+        self.override_header = override_header
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
         self.token = token
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def _fetch_headers(self):
         headers = {'Accept': 'application/json',
                    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                    'x-sds-auth-token': token}
-        if self.override_header != None:
+        if self.override_header is not None:
             headers['X-EMC-Override'] = self.override_header
         return headers