diff --git a/leetcode/461.py b/leetcode/461.py
index 9ad4327..4bcf519 100644
--- a/leetcode/461.py
+++ b/leetcode/461.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Solution:
     def hammingDistance(self, x: int, y: int) -> int:
-        x_y = x^y
+        x_y = x ^ y
         distance = bin(x_y)[2:].count("1")
-        return distance
\ No newline at end of file
+        return distance