diff --git a/adcern/sqlite3_backend.py b/adcern/sqlite3_backend.py
index 32f8f37b4f63bff4df4de26f9c4b75a901bad931..63d3abb73a4332b4dbb4668227ab072600d99208 100644
--- a/adcern/sqlite3_backend.py
+++ b/adcern/sqlite3_backend.py
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ def modify_db(conn,
             break
         # max attempts achieved, quit            
         if x == upperbound - 1:
-            raise Exception("Sqlite3 - achieved max retries to commit with no success, giving up...")
\ No newline at end of file
+            raise Exception("Sqlite3 - achieved max retries to commit with no success, giving up...")