diff --git a/core/logger.py b/core/logger.py
index 701881cf..243e3bde 100644
--- a/core/logger.py
+++ b/core/logger.py
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ class NTMRotatingLogHandler(object):
 
     def _config_handler(self):
         """Configure a file handler to log at file_name and return it."""
-
         file_handler = logging.FileHandler(self.log_file_path, encoding='utf-8')
 
         file_handler.setLevel(DB)
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ class NTMRotatingLogHandler(object):
 
         i: Log number to ues
         """
-
         return self.log_file_path + ('.{0}'.format(i) if i else '')
 
     def _num_logs(self):
@@ -142,7 +140,6 @@ class NTMRotatingLogHandler(object):
 
         Returns: The number of the last used file (eg. mylog.log.3 would return 3). If there are no logs it returns -1
         """
-
         cur_log = 0
         while os.path.isfile(self._log_file_name(cur_log)):
             cur_log += 1
diff --git a/core/utils/naming.py b/core/utils/naming.py
index b54e3258..27ea8c02 100644
--- a/core/utils/naming.py
+++ b/core/utils/naming.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ def sanitize_name(name):
     >>> sanitize_name('.a.b..')
     'a.b'
     """
-
     # remove bad chars from the filename
     name = re.sub(r'[\\/*]', '-', name)
     name = re.sub(r'[:\'<>|?]', '', name)
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ def clean_file_name(filename):
     Is basically equivalent to replacing all _ and . with a
     space, but handles decimal numbers in string, for example:
     """
-
     filename = re.sub(r'(\D)\.(?!\s)(\D)', r'\1 \2', filename)
     filename = re.sub(r'(\d)\.(\d{4})', r'\1 \2', filename)  # if it ends in a year then don't keep the dot
     filename = re.sub(r'(\D)\.(?!\s)', r'\1 ', filename)
diff --git a/core/version_check.py b/core/version_check.py
index b39a8b08..a5c98abf 100644
--- a/core/version_check.py
+++ b/core/version_check.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class CheckVersion(object):
             'git': running from source using git
             'source': running from source without git
         """
-
         # check if we're a windows build
         if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(core.APP_ROOT, u'.git')):
             install_type = 'git'
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ class CheckVersion(object):
 
         force: if true the VERSION_NOTIFY setting will be ignored and a check will be forced
         """
-
         if not core.VERSION_NOTIFY and not force:
             logger.log(u'Version checking is disabled, not checking for the newest version')
             return False
@@ -215,7 +213,6 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
 
         Returns: True for success or False for failure
         """
-
         output, err, exit_status = self._run_git(self._git_path, 'rev-parse HEAD')  # @UnusedVariable
 
         if exit_status == 0 and output:
@@ -245,7 +242,6 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
         Uses git commands to check if there is a newer version that the provided
         commit hash. If there is a newer version it sets _num_commits_behind.
         """
-
         self._newest_commit_hash = None
         self._num_commits_behind = 0
         self._num_commits_ahead = 0
@@ -325,7 +321,6 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
         Calls git pull origin <branch> in order to update Sick Beard. Returns a bool depending
         on the call's success.
         """
-
         output, err, exit_status = self._run_git(self._git_path, 'pull origin {branch}'.format(branch=self.branch))  # @UnusedVariable
 
         if exit_status == 0:
@@ -385,7 +380,6 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
 
         commit_hash: hash that we're checking against
         """
-
         self._num_commits_behind = 0
         self._newest_commit_hash = None