diff --git a/notebooks/postgresql2bq/postgresql-to-bigquery-notebook.ipynb b/notebooks/postgresql2bq/postgresql-to-bigquery-notebook.ipynb
index a0d700400..e4ceb4708 100644
--- a/notebooks/postgresql2bq/postgresql-to-bigquery-notebook.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/postgresql2bq/postgresql-to-bigquery-notebook.ipynb
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@
     "with DB.connect() as conn:\n",
     "        print(\"connected to database\")\n",
     "        if not POSTGRESQL_TABLE_LIST and not POSTGRESQL_SCHEMA_LIST: # Migrate all possible tables from database\n",
-    "            results = conn.execute(text("select TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables  where TABLE_SCHEMA not in ('pg_catalog','information_schema')")).fetchall()\n",
+    "            query_str = \"select TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables where TABLE_SCHEMA not in ('pg_catalog','information_schema');\"\n",
+    "            results = conn.execute(text(query_str)).fetchall()\n",
     "\n",
     "        elif POSTGRESQL_SCHEMA_LIST and not POSTGRESQL_TABLE_LIST: # Only Migrate tables associated with the provided schema list\n",
     "            results = conn.execute(text(\"select TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Tables where TABLE_SCHEMA in ('{}');\".format(\"','\".join(POSTGRESQL_SCHEMA_LIST)))).fetchall()\n",