diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 312f1b1d9bf2d7e6fcc80fc2f2bc4c2ac10ac149..f88538c8b1d4bff0109f68847430aeb53e7a01e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased] ##
 
 ### Added ###
-- caosdbignore; You can add one or more `.caosdbignore` files to the directory 
-  structure that you want to make available in CaosDB and the run loadFiles.
-  The syntax is that of `.gitignore` files. For more information see `loadFiles`
-  section of the Crawler in the documentation.
 
 - Unauthorized inserts can now be cached. Note that the Crawler cannot postpone
   inserts but the Cache has the functionality now.
+- caosdbignore; You can add one or more `.caosdbignore` files to the directory
+  structure that you want to make available in CaosDB and the run loadFiles.
+  The syntax is that of `.gitignore` files. For more information see `loadFiles`
+  section of the Crawler in the documentation.
 
 ### Changed ###
 
diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
index 982cb9f3de193a2bc31096a6832122b390c98832..210732aa2bd31b7f493af263df24cc3e7a56611b 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ def convert_size(size):
 
 
 def combine_ignore_files(caosdbignore, localignore, dirname=None):
-    """appends the contents of localignore to caosdbignore
-    and saves the result and returns the name
+    """appends the contents of localignore to caosdbignore and saves the result
+    and returns the name
+
     """
-    tmp = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, mode="w", dir=dirname, prefix=".caosdbignore")
+
+    tmp = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, mode="w",
+                             dir=dirname, prefix=".caosdbignore")
     with open(caosdbignore, "r") as base:
         tmp.write(base.read())
     with open(localignore, "r") as local:
@@ -64,9 +67,11 @@ def combine_ignore_files(caosdbignore, localignore, dirname=None):
 
 
 def compile_file_list(caosdbignore, localpath):
-    """creates a list of files
-    that contain all files under localpath except those excluded by caosdbignore
+    """creates a list of files that contain all files under localpath except
+    those excluded by caosdbignore
+
     """
+
     from gitignore_parser import parse_gitignore
     matches = parse_gitignore(caosdbignore)
     current_ignore = caosdbignore
@@ -89,7 +94,8 @@ def compile_file_list(caosdbignore, localpath):
         # create a new local ignore file
         if ".caosdbignore" in files:
             current_ignore = combine_ignore_files(current_ignore,
-                                                  os.path.join(root, ".caosdbignore"),
+                                                  os.path.join(
+                                                      root, ".caosdbignore"),
                                                   # due to the logic of gitignore_parser the file
                                                   # has to be written to this folder
                                                   dirname=root)
@@ -105,9 +111,10 @@ def compile_file_list(caosdbignore, localpath):
 
 
 def create_re_for_file_list(files, localroot, remoteroot):
-    """creates a regular expression
-    that matches file paths contained in the files argument and all parent directories.
-    The prefix localroot is replaced by the prefix remoteroot.
+    """creates a regular expression that matches file paths contained in the
+    files argument and all parent directories. The prefix localroot is replaced
+    by the prefix remoteroot.
+
     """
     regexp = ""
     for fi in files:
@@ -232,13 +239,15 @@ exclude is given preference over include.
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.caosdbignore and (args.exclude or args.include):
-        raise ValueError("Do not use a caosdbignore file and in- or exclude simultaneously!")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Do not use a caosdbignore file and in- or exclude simultaneously!")
 
     if args.caosdbignore and not args.localpath:
         raise ValueError("To use caosdbignore you must supply a local path!")
 
     if args.localpath and (args.exclude or args.include):
-        raise ValueError("Do not use a localpath and in- or exclude simultaneously!")
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Do not use a localpath and in- or exclude simultaneously!")
 
     con = db.get_connection()
     con.timeout = float(args.timeout)