diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index e675c861..f4fcb650 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 
 
-
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
 master_doc = 'index'
diff --git a/drop/cli.py b/drop/cli.py
index 4a788f38..dfe99c53 100644
--- a/drop/cli.py
+++ b/drop/cli.py
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
 
 @click.group()
 @click_log.simple_verbosity_option(logger)
-
 @click.version_option('1.4.0',prog_name='drop')
 
-
 def main():
     pass
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eefe3a86..10e1ad0c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 setuptools.setup(
     name="drop",
     version="1.4.0",
-
-
     author="Vicente A. Yépez, Michaela Müller, Nicholas H. Smith, Daniela Klaproth-Andrade, Luise Schuller, Ines Scheller, Christian Mertes <mertes@in.tum.de>, Julien Gagneur <gagneur@in.tum.de>",
     author_email="yepez@in.tum.de",
     description="Detection of RNA Outlier Pipeline",