diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
index 759a277..5821481 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/notebookapp.py
@@ -263,9 +263,7 @@ class IPythonNotebookApp(BaseIPythonApplication):
 
     def start(self):
         ip = self.ip if self.ip else '[all ip addresses on your system]'
-        proto = 'http'
-        if self.certfile:
-            proto = 'https'
+        proto = 'https' if self.certfile else 'http'
         self.log.info("The IPython Notebook is running at: %s://%s:%i" % (proto,
                                                                           ip,
                                                                           self.port))