diff --git a/kadmos/cmdows/cmdows.py b/kadmos/cmdows/cmdows.py
index 4875689bb8d331d1494e0d9f85073c31e5c81bd2..663265ac6f266e3d8976e9225d2c76adc00bdfe2 100644
--- a/kadmos/cmdows/cmdows.py
+++ b/kadmos/cmdows/cmdows.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_blank_text=True)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 class CMDOWS(object):
     """Class for with various methods for checking and manipulating CMDOWS files"""
 
diff --git a/kadmos/utilities/xmls.py b/kadmos/utilities/xmls.py
index 74a86032dac6a82bdc63b84de757832c3c3675fc..2d8761c69e40ddde4ceaaa66e5b63c487c958bcd 100644
--- a/kadmos/utilities/xmls.py
+++ b/kadmos/utilities/xmls.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pttrn_attr_name = r'([:A-Z_a-z][0-9:A-Z_a-z]*?)'
 re_atr = re.compile(r'\[@' + pttrn_attr_name + "=['\"]" + pttrn_attr_val + "['\"]\]")
 re_ind = re.compile(r'\[([0-9]+?)\]')
 
+
 def recursively_stringify(tree):
     """
     Utility function to recursively stringify a ElementTree object (for file comparison).