diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
index 894ea08..7fb05c9 100644
--- a/api/views.py
+++ b/api/views.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ def retrieve(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 class CurationList(
     mixins.ListModelMixin, mixins.CreateModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView
 ):
-
     queryset = models.Curation.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.CurationSerializer
     permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly, IsCurationOwner]
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ class CurationDetail(
     mixins.UpdateModelMixin,
     generics.GenericAPIView,
 ):
-
     queryset = models.Curation.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.CurationSerializer
 
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class TopicCreate(mixins.CreateModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView):
-
     queryset = models.Topic.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.TopicSerializer
     permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly, IsTopicOwner]
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@ def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class LinkCreate(mixins.CreateModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView):
-
     queryset = models.Link.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.LinkSerializer
     permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly, IsLinkOwner]
@@ -143,7 +139,6 @@ def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class SubTopicCreate(mixins.CreateModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView):
-
     queryset = models.SubTopic.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.SubTopicSerializer
     permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly, IsSubTopicOwner]
@@ -167,7 +162,6 @@ def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 class SubTopicLinkCreate(mixins.CreateModelMixin, generics.GenericAPIView):
-
     queryset = models.SubTopicLink.objects.all()
     serializer_class = serializers.SubTopicLinkSerializer
     permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticatedOrReadOnly, IsSubTopicLinkOwner]
diff --git a/curations/migrations/0001_initial.py b/curations/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 04d181d..744e97b 100644
--- a/curations/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/curations/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
     initial = True
 
     dependencies = [
diff --git a/curations/models.py b/curations/models.py
index 295ffc4..8945ef1 100644
--- a/curations/models.py
+++ b/curations/models.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user, get_user_model
 
+
 # Create your models here.
 class Curation(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=64)
diff --git a/curatorbackendapi/views.py b/curatorbackendapi/views.py
index 3a2d523..06dbe1a 100644
--- a/curatorbackendapi/views.py
+++ b/curatorbackendapi/views.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 
 class HomePageView(View):
-
     template_name = "pages/home.html"
 
     def get(self, request):
@@ -36,11 +35,9 @@ class SubjectListView(ListView):
 
 
 class SubjectPageView(View):
-
     template_name = "pages/subjects.html"
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-
         # defining vars
         title = kwargs["sub"]
         subject = Subject.objects.filter(title=title)[0]
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 
 
 def signUp(request):
-
     if request.method == "POST":
         form = CustomUserCreationForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
@@ -93,5 +89,4 @@ def signUp(request):
 
 
 def add_curation_view(request):
-
     return render(request, "pages/curation_add.html")
diff --git a/userProfiles/views.py b/userProfiles/views.py
index 2e4331a..7367f23 100644
--- a/userProfiles/views.py
+++ b/userProfiles/views.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         return render(request, "userProfiles/profile.html", context)
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-
         user_form = CustomUserUpdateForm(request.POST, instance=request.user)
 
         if user_form.is_valid():