diff --git a/workflow/scripts/check_design.py b/workflow/scripts/check_design.py
index 161660e03979faee3561808b130f1e4ea0fa1c31..6bd822f3334a65fef86f6e953edb6538e45a4d64 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/check_design.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/check_design.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ def check_replicates(design):
         unique_replicates = set(replicates)
         if len(replicates) != len(unique_replicates):
             duplicated_replicates.append(experiment)
-    
+
     if len(duplicated_replicates) > 0:
         logger.error('Duplicate replicates in experiments: %s', list(duplicated_replicates))
         raise Exception("Duplicate replicates in experiments: %s" %
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/convert_reads.py b/workflow/scripts/convert_reads.py
index d7450475c5be71023c365aa6dfecfd3ddb0ddc7e..62faf7258291ae63ff4eab0dd02ee7bb6ff1fa12 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/convert_reads.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/convert_reads.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/experiment_design.py b/workflow/scripts/experiment_design.py
index ca135e8ec53bf0fc4d651192ca3645b57a975003..3d6697a9adb11b0caf7df47627aeebd472fdb77f 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/experiment_design.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/experiment_design.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/experiment_qc.py b/workflow/scripts/experiment_qc.py
index 47a398344fa789fb2a5c5abf159db5375b500efe..711da1888ab9045b361b9c877dd99b7fe09e37f6 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/experiment_qc.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/experiment_qc.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/map_qc.py b/workflow/scripts/map_qc.py
index 4451d916126fce6d4683539005a9cdda89c3f50a..3f07068352724bfd86f7513342e373fc4fabc779 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/map_qc.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/map_qc.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ STRIP_EXTENSIONS = ['.bam', '.srt']
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py b/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py
index ba6bbd0722a49ab09ddd84befbfe0a0ce3e07f19..b7d3144fe8484f2d8939c773229c45b58e283315 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/map_reads.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ STRIP_EXTENSIONS = ['.gz', '.fq', '.fastq', '_trimmed']
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py b/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py
index f9f2524f942fb356c360696cee70ea80a403cc4b..2f7f3e557299bf02cf5ac9f315e4e335d962fec8 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/trim_reads.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
diff --git a/workflow/scripts/xcor.py b/workflow/scripts/xcor.py
index 88750b6d5e5e128ff7b9a2faf843f0eb165bfd5b..0bf51e6400d05d2ea9cdb978883fed3c765d3100 100644
--- a/workflow/scripts/xcor.py
+++ b/workflow/scripts/xcor.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 def get_args():
     '''Define arguments.'''
+    
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description=__doc__, epilog=EPILOG,
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)