diff --git a/spynnaker/pyNN/utilities/neo_buffer_database.py b/spynnaker/pyNN/utilities/neo_buffer_database.py
index be0779aa46..7e0cf28f82 100644
--- a/spynnaker/pyNN/utilities/neo_buffer_database.py
+++ b/spynnaker/pyNN/utilities/neo_buffer_database.py
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ def __get_region_metadata(self, rec_id: int) -> Iterable[Tuple[
                 SELECT region_id, recording_neurons_st, vertex_slice, base_key
                 FROM region_metadata
                 WHERE rec_id = ?
-                ORDER BY region_id, recording_neurons_st, vertex_slice, 
+                ORDER BY region_id, recording_neurons_st, vertex_slice,
                     base_key
                 """, (rec_id,))):
             vertex_slice = MDSlice.from_string(