diff --git a/.github/workflows/issues.yml b/.github/workflows/issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..772773c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/issues.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+on: issue_comment
+
+jobs:
+  issue_commented:
+    name: Issue comment
+    if: ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request && github.event.issue.author == github.even.issue_comment.author }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-remove-labels@v1
+        with:
+          labels: "Awaiting Response"
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diff --git a/flair/nn/model.py b/flair/nn/model.py
index 2fa90714c..2e77d67d3 100644
--- a/flair/nn/model.py
+++ b/flair/nn/model.py
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def multi_label_threshold(self):
 
     @multi_label_threshold.setter
     def multi_label_threshold(self, x):  # setter method
-        if type(x) is dict:
+        if isinstance(x, dict):
             if "default" in x:
                 self._multi_label_threshold = x
             else: