diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/file.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/file.py
index 93828df396..e407afb865 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/file.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/file.py
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ class file(object):
         return
 
     @staticmethod
-    def from_string(s: str) -> ifcopenshell.entity_instance:
+    def from_string(s: str) -> file:
         return file(ifcopenshell_wrapper.read(s))
 
     @staticmethod