diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3ffe128..37e87b2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ repos:
     stages: [commit]
   - id: detect-aws-credentials
     stages: [commit]
+    args:
+      - --allow-missing-credentials
   # Generic file state
   - id: trailing-whitespace
     stages: [commit]
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ repos:
   - id: dockerfilelint
     stages: [commit]
 - repo: https://github.com/mattlqx/pre-commit-sign
-  rev: v1.1.1
+  rev: v1.1.3
   hooks:
   - id: sign-commit
+    stages: [commit-msg]
diff --git a/vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py b/vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py
index adca198..e497fa2 100755
--- a/vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py
+++ b/vmware_exporter/vmware_exporter.py
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ def vm_labels(self):
 
             if 'summary.config.vmPathName' in row:
                 p = row['summary.config.vmPathName']
-                if p[0] == '[':
+                if p.startswith('['):
                     p = p[1:p.find("]")]
             else:
                 p = 'n/a'