diff --git a/core_tools/drivers/gates.py b/core_tools/drivers/gates.py
index f2b29de866323404e81013d6c89734d9562d6da0..bb6a2965cdb01fd4125fec4c996f9860285add1d 100644
--- a/core_tools/drivers/gates.py
+++ b/core_tools/drivers/gates.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class gates(qc.Instrument):
     gates class, generate qcodes parameters for the real gates and the virtual gates
     It also manages the virtual gate matrix.
     """
+
     def __init__(self, name, hardware, dac_sources, dc_gain={}):
         '''
         gates object
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@ class gates(qc.Instrument):
             self._dac_params[gate_name] = dac_sources[source_index].parameters[f'dac{int(ch_num)}']
             self._all_gate_names.append(gate_name)
             self._real_gates.append(gate_name)
-            self.add_parameter(gate_name, set_cmd = partial(self._set_voltage,  gate_name),
+            self.add_parameter(gate_name, set_cmd=partial(self._set_voltage,  gate_name),
                                get_cmd=partial(self._get_voltage,  gate_name),
-                               unit = "mV")
+                               unit="mV")
 
         # make virtual gates:
         for virt_gate_set in self.hardware.virtual_gates:
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ class gates(qc.Instrument):
                 self.parameters[real_gate].set(old_voltages[real_gate] + ratio * delta)
         except Exception as ex:
             logger.warning(f'Failed to set virtual gate voltage to {voltage:.1f} mV; Reverting all voltages. '
-                            f'Exception: {ex}')
+                           f'Exception: {ex}')
             for real_gate, ratio in projection[gate_name].items():
                 self.set(real_gate, old_voltages[real_gate])
             raise
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ class gates(qc.Instrument):
 
         for virt_gate_convertor in self._virt_gate_convertors:
             real_voltages = [v[name] for name in virt_gate_convertor.real_gates]
-            virtual_voltages =  np.matmul(virt_gate_convertor.r2v_matrix, real_voltages)
+            virtual_voltages = np.matmul(virt_gate_convertor.r2v_matrix, real_voltages)
             for vg_name, vg_voltage in zip(virt_gate_convertor.virtual_gates, virtual_voltages):
                 v[vg_name] = vg_voltage
                 self.parameters[vg_name].cache.set(vg_voltage)
diff --git a/core_tools/drivers/hardware/virtual_gate_matrix.py b/core_tools/drivers/hardware/virtual_gate_matrix.py
index 2246172207826c58856a346f145849f463d7796f..8769a719ac4481fd482602ce672dd0e172959a0b 100644
--- a/core_tools/drivers/hardware/virtual_gate_matrix.py
+++ b/core_tools/drivers/hardware/virtual_gate_matrix.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 
+
 class VirtualGateMatrixView:
     '''
     Data to convert real gate voltages to virtual gate voltages and v.v.
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ class VirtualGateMatrixView:
         virtual_gates (list[str]): names of virtual gates
         r2v_matrix (2D array-like): matrix to convert voltages of real gates to voltages of virtual gates.
     '''
+
     def __init__(self, name, real_gates, virtual_gates, r2v_matrix, indices):
         self.name = name
         self._real_gates = real_gates
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ class VirtualGateMatrixView:
     @property
     def r2v_matrix(self):
         # note: self._r2v_matrix may be changed externally. Create indexed copy here.
-        r2v_matrix = self._r2v_matrix[self._indices][:,self._indices]
+        r2v_matrix = self._r2v_matrix[self._indices][:, self._indices]
         return r2v_matrix
 
 
@@ -112,16 +114,16 @@ class VirtualGateMatrix:
 
     def get_element(self, i, j, v2r=True):
         if v2r:
-            return self._v2r_matrix[i,j]
+            return self._v2r_matrix[i, j]
         else:
-            return self._r2v_matrix[i,j]
+            return self._r2v_matrix[i, j]
 
     def set_element(self, i, j, value, v2r=True):
         if v2r:
-            self._v2r_matrix[i,j] = value
+            self._v2r_matrix[i, j] = value
             self._r2v_matrix[:] = np.linalg.inv(self._v2r_matrix)
         else:
-            self._r2v_matrix[i,j] = value
+            self._r2v_matrix[i, j] = value
             self._v2r_matrix[:] = np.linalg.inv(self._r2v_matrix)
 
         self._calc_normalized()
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ class VirtualGateMatrix:
 
         if self._normalization:
             # divide rows by diagonal value
-            norm = no_norm/np.diag(no_norm)[:,None]
+            norm = no_norm/np.diag(no_norm)[:, None]
         else:
             norm = no_norm
 
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ class VirtualGateMatrix:
         real_gate_names = []
         virtual_gate_names = []
 
-        for i,name in enumerate(self.real_gate_names):
+        for i, name in enumerate(self.real_gate_names):
             if name in available_gates:
                 gate_indices.append(i)
                 real_gate_names.append(name)
@@ -165,6 +167,5 @@ class VirtualGateMatrix:
         return VirtualGateMatrixView(self.name,
                                      real_gate_names,
                                      virtual_gate_names,
-                                     self._norm_r2v_matrix,
+                                     self._r2v_matrix,
                                      gate_indices)
-