diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index e7bb1cb..9d51cdd 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ disable=fixme,
         attribute-defined-outside-init,
         broad-exception-caught,
         consider-using-dict-comprehension,
-        consider-using-f-string,
diff --git a/src/sideshow/web/views/orders.py b/src/sideshow/web/views/orders.py
index 02eed4e..c01bffb 100644
--- a/src/sideshow/web/views/orders.py
+++ b/src/sideshow/web/views/orders.py
@@ -1596,8 +1596,9 @@ class OrderItemView(MasterView):
             if item.status_code != new_status_code:
 
                 # event: change status
-                note = 'status changed from "{}" to "{}"'.format(
-                    enum.ORDER_ITEM_STATUS[item.status_code], new_status_text
+                note = (
+                    f'status changed from "{enum.ORDER_ITEM_STATUS[item.status_code]}" '
+                    f'to "{new_status_text}"'
                 )
                 item.add_event(
                     enum.ORDER_ITEM_EVENT_STATUS_CHANGE, self.request.user, note=note