diff --git a/jose/backends/cryptography_backend.py b/jose/backends/cryptography_backend.py
index cbb638f5..18809e14 100644
--- a/jose/backends/cryptography_backend.py
+++ b/jose/backends/cryptography_backend.py
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ def verify(self, msg, sig):
         verifier = self.prepared_key.verifier(signature, ec.ECDSA(self.hash_alg()))
         verifier.update(msg)
         try:
-            return verifier.verify()
+            verifier.verify()
+            return True
         except:
             return False