diff --git a/institutions/institutions.py b/institutions/institutions.py
index 01309004..0e48887d 100644
--- a/institutions/institutions.py
+++ b/institutions/institutions.py
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 def setup():
     Institution.init()
 
+
 def remove():
     es = Elasticsearch(ELASTIC_URI, request_timeout=ELASTIC_TIMEOUT)
     es.indices.delete(ELASTIC_INST_INDEX)
 
+
 class Institution(DocType):
     name = String()
     established = String()
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 3dfa4a82..51014428 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -310,16 +310,18 @@ def institutions(grid_file='institutions/grid_2015_10_09.json', ipeds_file='inst
     grid(grid_file)
     ipeds(ipeds_file)
 
+
 @task
 def remove_institutions(skip=False):
     if not skip:
         resp = six.moves.input('You are about to delete the institutions index. Are you sure? (y, n)\n')
         if resp not in ('y', 'Y', 'Yes', 'yes'):
-            print ('Remove institutions stopped.')
+            print('Remove institutions stopped.')
             return
     from institutions.institutions import remove
     remove()
 
+
 def grid(grid_file):
     from institutions import institutions, grid
     institutions.setup()