diff --git a/scripts/mock_control.py b/scripts/mock_control.py
index 353aacf974ab4b0eb57ce27fe09a77fbfd56ac8d..b5320f491c591a98a39ce68f957e695bfd3e903c 100644
--- a/scripts/mock_control.py
+++ b/scripts/mock_control.py
@@ -10,22 +10,18 @@ STOP_DELAY_SECS = 10
 
 def send_command(sock, cmd, run_no):
     message = cmd + " " + str(run_no)
-    print
-    "Sending message: ", message
+    print "Sending message: ", message
     try:
         sock.sendall(message)
         data = sock.recv(256)
-        print
-        "Server response: ", data
+        print "Server response: ", data
         if "ok" in data:
-            print
-            "Command successful"
+            print "Command successful"
             return True
         else:
             return False
     except Exception as e:
-        print
-        "ERROR! ", e
+        print "ERROR! ", e
         return False
 
 
@@ -36,17 +32,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     do_start = True
     for current_run in range(0, MAX_RUNS):
-
         if do_start:
-            print
-            "Starting run ", current_run
+            print "Starting run ", current_run
             send_command(sock, "start", current_run)
             time.sleep(EXEC_TIME_SECS)
 
-        print
-        "Halting run ", current_run
+        print "Halting run ", current_run
         send_command(sock, "stop", current_run)
-
         time.sleep(STOP_DELAY_SECS)
 
     sock.close()