diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cdfd0ae82a..5c9e569243 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   ignore = dirty
 [submodule "sorc/wxflow"]
   path = sorc/wxflow
-  url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/wxflow.git
+  url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/wxflow
 [submodule "sorc/gfs_utils.fd"]
   path = sorc/gfs_utils.fd
   url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/gfs-utils
diff --git a/ci/scripts/tests/test_create_experiment.py b/ci/scripts/tests/test_create_experiment.py
index 5b4f18213a..332f0d850a 100644
--- a/ci/scripts/tests/test_create_experiment.py
+++ b/ci/scripts/tests/test_create_experiment.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 RUNDIR = os.path.join(_here, 'testdata/RUNDIR')
 case = "C48_ATM"
 
+
 def test_create_experiment():
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
diff --git a/ci/scripts/tests/test_setup.py b/ci/scripts/tests/test_setup.py
index c3f11c1ebc..eec4f85b44 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/tests/test_setup.py
+++ b/ci/scripts/tests/test_setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ def test_setup_expt():
 
 def test_setup_xml():
 
-
     setup_xml_script = Executable(os.path.join(HOMEgfs, "workflow/setup_xml.py"))
     setup_xml_script.add_default_arg(f"{RUNDIR}/{pslot}")
     setup_xml_script()