diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
index 6d9182df..0864657a 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ def process_options(options):
     # if there is a config variable with VERISIGN_PRODUCT_<upper(authority.name)> take the value as Cert product-type
     # else default to "Server", to be compatoible with former versions
     authority = options.get("authority").name.upper()
-    product_type = current_app.config.get("VERISIGN_PRODUCT_{0}".format(authority))
-    if product_type is None:
-        product_type = "Server"
+    product_type = current_app.config.get("VERISIGN_PRODUCT_{0}".format(authority), "Server")
     data = {
         "challenge": get_psuedo_random_string(),
         "serverType": "Apache",