diff --git a/share/tools/web_config/webconfig.py b/share/tools/web_config/webconfig.py
index 32e6eddf3..9653aa9a2 100755
--- a/share/tools/web_config/webconfig.py
+++ b/share/tools/web_config/webconfig.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ term = os.environ.pop("TERM", None)
 # which will block the whole process - see https://docs.python.org/3/library/webbrowser.html
 import webbrowser
 
-if term:
+if term is not None:
     os.environ["TERM"] = term