diff --git a/src/core/files.py b/src/core/files.py
index 8ea383ab70..047351baab 100755
--- a/src/core/files.py
+++ b/src/core/files.py
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ def html_to_text(file_path):
         soup = BeautifulSoup(f.read(), "html.parser")
         body = soup.find("body")
         if body:
-            body.text
+            text = body.text
         else:
             text = soup.text