diff --git a/bluepysnap/edges/edges.py b/bluepysnap/edges/edges.py
index 8d5858b6..88ad2cc1 100644
--- a/bluepysnap/edges/edges.py
+++ b/bluepysnap/edges/edges.py
@@ -82,11 +82,9 @@ def ids(self, group=None, sample=None, limit=None):
         fun = lambda x: (x.ids(group), x.name)
         return self._get_ids_from_pop(fun, CircuitEdgeIds, sample=sample, limit=limit)
 
-    def get(self, 
-            edge_ids=None, 
-            properties=None, 
-            include_empty=False
-        ):  # pylint: disable=arguments-renamed
+    def get(
+        self, edge_ids=None, properties=None, include_empty=False
+    ):  # pylint: disable=arguments-renamed
         """Edge properties by iterating populations.
 
         Args:
@@ -152,13 +150,7 @@ def efferent_nodes(self, source, unique=True):
             result.unique(inplace=True)
         return result
 
-    def pathway_edges(
-        self, 
-        source=None, 
-        target=None, 
-        properties=None, 
-        include_empty=False
-    ):
+    def pathway_edges(self, source=None, target=None, properties=None, include_empty=False):
         """Get edges corresponding to ``source`` -> ``target`` connections.
 
         Args:
diff --git a/bluepysnap/nodes/nodes.py b/bluepysnap/nodes/nodes.py
index 6d80ffde..e8caff2b 100644
--- a/bluepysnap/nodes/nodes.py
+++ b/bluepysnap/nodes/nodes.py
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ def ids(self, group=None, sample=None, limit=None):
         fun = lambda x: (x.ids(group, raise_missing_property=False), x.name)
         return self._get_ids_from_pop(fun, CircuitNodeIds, sample=sample, limit=limit)
 
-    def get(self, group=None, properties=None, include_empty=False):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
+    def get(
+        self, group=None, properties=None, include_empty=False
+    ):  # pylint: disable=arguments-differ
         """Node properties by iterating populations.
 
         Args:
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ def get(self, group=None, properties=None, include_empty=False):  # pylint: disa
 
             properties (str/list): If specified, return only the properties in the list.
                 Otherwise return all properties.
-                
+
             include_empty: whether to include populations for which the query is empty
 
         Returns:
diff --git a/tests/test_edges.py b/tests/test_edges.py
index 36e2a687..7d016788 100644
--- a/tests/test_edges.py
+++ b/tests/test_edges.py
@@ -473,10 +473,7 @@ def test_pathway_edges(self):
         )
 
         # check that 'include_empty' kwarg works
-        tested = self.test_obj.pathway_edges(
-            source=[1], 
-            properties=properties, 
-            include_empty=True)
+        tested = self.test_obj.pathway_edges(source=[1], properties=properties, include_empty=True)
 
         expected = pd.DataFrame(
             {prop: [] for prop in properties},
diff --git a/tests/test_nodes.py b/tests/test_nodes.py
index 93cee76e..ef97bfba 100644
--- a/tests/test_nodes.py
+++ b/tests/test_nodes.py
@@ -365,25 +365,19 @@ def test_get(self):
 
         with pytest.raises(BluepySnapError, match="Unknown properties required: {'unknown'}"):
             next(self.test_obj.get(properties="unknown"))
-    
-        tested = pd.concat([
-            df for _, df in self.test_obj.get({'layer': 10}, include_empty=True)
-        ])
+
+        tested = pd.concat([df for _, df in self.test_obj.get({"layer": 10}, include_empty=True)])
         expected = pd.DataFrame(
             {p: [] for p in list(self.test_obj.property_names)},
-            index=pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(
-                [], 
-                names=["population", "node_ids"]
-            )
+            index=pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples([], names=["population", "node_ids"]),
         )
         pdt.assert_frame_equal(
-            tested.sort_index(axis=1), 
-            expected.sort_index(axis=1), 
-            check_dtype=False, 
-            check_index_type=False
+            tested.sort_index(axis=1),
+            expected.sort_index(axis=1),
+            check_dtype=False,
+            check_index_type=False,
         )
 
-
     def test_functionality_with_separate_node_set(self):
         with pytest.raises(BluepySnapError, match="Undefined node set"):
             self.test_obj.ids("ExtraLayer2")