diff --git a/hickle/loaders/load_builtins.py b/hickle/loaders/load_builtins.py
index 54ff0131..531b548c 100644
--- a/hickle/loaders/load_builtins.py
+++ b/hickle/loaders/load_builtins.py
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ def load_none_dataset(h_node,base_type,py_obj_type):
 def load_list_dataset(h_node,base_type,py_obj_type):
     """
     loads any kind of list like dataset
-
     Args:
         h_node (h5py.Dataset): the hdf5 node to load data from
         base_type (bytes): bytes string denoting base_type 
diff --git a/hickle/tests/test_hickle.py b/hickle/tests/test_hickle.py
index 1eff1227..7b8a98a0 100644
--- a/hickle/tests/test_hickle.py
+++ b/hickle/tests/test_hickle.py
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ def test_65bit_int(test_file_name):
     j_hkl = load(test_file_name)
     assert j == j_hkl
 
-
 def test_list(test_file_name):
     """ Dumping and loading a list """
     filename, mode = 'test_list.h5', 'w'