diff --git a/tests/scheduled_checks.py b/tests/scheduled_checks.py
index 61f1af4a3..2e2927889 100644
--- a/tests/scheduled_checks.py
+++ b/tests/scheduled_checks.py
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 import pytest
 import sys
 import requests
+from astrodbkit2.astrodb import create_database, Database
+from scripts.ingests.utils import check_internet_connection
 
-sys.path.append('.')
+sys.path.append(".")
 from simple.schema import *
-from astrodbkit2.astrodb import create_database, Database
-from sqlalchemy import except_, select, and_
 from . import REFERENCE_TABLES
-from scripts.ingests.utils import check_internet_connection
 
-DB_NAME = 'temp.db'
-DB_PATH = 'data'
+
+DB_NAME = "temp.db"
+DB_PATH = "data"
 
 
 # Load the database for use in individual tests
@@ -22,20 +22,27 @@ def db():
 
     if os.path.exists(DB_NAME):
         os.remove(DB_NAME)
-    connection_string = 'sqlite:///' + DB_NAME
+    connection_string = "sqlite:///" + DB_NAME
     create_database(connection_string)
     assert os.path.exists(DB_NAME)
 
     # Connect to the new database and confirm it has the Sources table
     db = Database(connection_string, reference_tables=REFERENCE_TABLES)
     assert db
-    assert 'source' in [c.name for c in db.Sources.columns]
+    assert "source" in [c.name for c in db.Sources.columns]
 
     # Load data into an in-memory sqlite database first, for performance
-    temp_db = Database('sqlite://', reference_tables=REFERENCE_TABLES)  # creates and connects to a temporary in-memory database
-    temp_db.load_database(DB_PATH, verbose=False)  # loads the data from the data files into the database
-    temp_db.dump_sqlite(DB_NAME)  # dump in-memory database to file
-    db = Database('sqlite:///' + DB_NAME, reference_tables=REFERENCE_TABLES)  # replace database object with new file version
+
+    # create and connects to a temporary in-memory database
+    temp_db = Database("sqlite://", reference_tables=REFERENCE_TABLES)
+
+    # load the data from the data files into the database
+    temp_db.load_database(DB_PATH, verbose=False)
+
+    # dump in-memory database to file
+    temp_db.dump_sqlite(DB_NAME)
+    # replace database object with new file version
+    db = Database("sqlite:///" + DB_NAME, reference_tables=REFERENCE_TABLES)
 
     return db
 
@@ -46,12 +53,14 @@ def test_spectra_urls(db):
     codes = []
     internet = check_internet_connection()
     if internet:
-        for spectrum_url in spectra_urls['spectrum']:
+        for spectrum_url in spectra_urls["spectrum"]:
             request_response = requests.head(spectrum_url)
-            status_code = request_response.status_code  
+            status_code = request_response.status_code
             # The website is up if the status code is 200
             # cuny academic commons links give 301 status code
             if status_code != 200 and status_code != 301:
                 broken_urls.append(spectrum_url)
                 codes.append(status_code)
-    assert len(broken_urls) == 149, f'found {len(broken_urls)} broken spectra urls: {broken_urls}, {codes}'
+    assert (
+        len(broken_urls) == 149
+    ), f"found {len(broken_urls)} broken spectra urls: {broken_urls}, {codes}"
diff --git a/tests/test_data.py b/tests/test_data.py
index bf23d993f..360490723 100644
--- a/tests/test_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_data.py
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 import os
 import pytest
 import sys
-import requests
+from astrodbkit2.astrodb import create_database, Database
+from sqlalchemy import except_, select, and_
 
 sys.path.append('.')
 from simple.schema import *
-from astrodbkit2.astrodb import create_database, Database
-from sqlalchemy import except_, select, and_
 from . import REFERENCE_TABLES
-from scripts.ingests.utils import check_internet_connection
+
 
 DB_NAME = 'temp.db'
 DB_PATH = 'data'
@@ -508,7 +507,7 @@ def test_Kirk19_ingest(db):
 
     # Test spectral types added
 
-    # Test parallaxes 
+    # Test parallaxes
     ref = 'Kirk19'
     t = db.query(db.Parallaxes).filter(db.Parallaxes.c.reference == ref).astropy()
     assert len(t) == 23, f'found {len(t)} parallax entries for {ref}'
@@ -572,8 +571,9 @@ def test_suar22_ingest(db):
     t = db.query(db.Spectra).filter(db.Spectra.c.reference == ref).astropy()
     assert len(t) == 112, f'found {len(t)} spectra entries for {ref}'
 
+
 def test_modeledparameters(db):
     # Test to verify existing counts of modeled parameters
     ref = 'Fili15'
     t = db.query(db.ModeledParameters).filter(db.ModeledParameters.c.reference == ref).astropy()
-    assert len(t) == 696, f'found {len(t)} modeled parameters with {ref} reference'
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert len(t) == 696, f'found {len(t)} modeled parameters with {ref} reference'