diff --git a/py/server/deephaven_internal/auto_completer/_completer.py b/py/server/deephaven_internal/auto_completer/_completer.py
index 7009e1b7030..485be4233e5 100644
--- a/py/server/deephaven_internal/auto_completer/_completer.py
+++ b/py/server/deephaven_internal/auto_completer/_completer.py
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ def do_completion(
         # run jedi
         txt = self.get_doc(uri)
 
-        # The Script completer is static analysis only, so we should actually be feeding it a whole document at once.
-        if jedi_settings.mode == Mode.SAFE:
-            completions = Script(txt).complete(line, col)
-        else:
-            completions = Interpreter(txt, [self.__scope]).complete(line, col)
+        completer = (
+            # The Script completer is static analysis only, so we should actually be feeding it a whole document at once.
+            Script(txt)
+            if self.__mode == Mode.SAFE
+            else Interpreter(txt, [self.__scope])
+        )
+        completions = completer.complete(line, col)
 
         # for now, a simple sorting based on number of preceding _
         # we may want to apply additional sorting to each list before combining