diff --git a/src/besapi/besapi.py b/src/besapi/besapi.py
index be99736..15a61fc 100644
--- a/src/besapi/besapi.py
+++ b/src/besapi/besapi.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def elem2dict(node):
         else:
             value = elem2dict(element)
         if key in result:
-
             if type(result[key]) is list:
                 result[key].append(value)
             else:
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ class BESConnection:
     """BigFix RESTAPI connection abstraction class"""
 
     def __init__(self, username, password, rootserver, verify=False):
-
         if not verify:
             # disable SSL warnings
             requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()  # pylint: disable=no-member
diff --git a/src/bescli/bescli.py b/src/bescli/bescli.py
index 4e70558..d5533c0 100644
--- a/src/bescli/bescli.py
+++ b/src/bescli/bescli.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ def do_conf(self, conf_file=None):
                 self.conf_path = found_config_files[0]
 
         if self.CONFPARSER:
-
             try:
                 self.BES_ROOT_SERVER = self.CONFPARSER.get("besapi", "BES_ROOT_SERVER")
             except BaseException: