diff --git a/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp b/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
index fbc92e2a2ec607d25fc3483a8a09e863a5c02348..b3934d31511ced991488cef7f0343294264f0574 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/caosdb/configuration.cpp
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ auto ConfigurationManager::GetConnection(const std::string &name) const
                            "' has not been defined.");
 }
 
-  // TODO(tf) This has apparently a cognitive complexity of 34>25 (threshold).
-  auto ConfigurationManager::InitializeDefaults() -> int { // NOLINT
+// TODO(tf) This has apparently a cognitive complexity of 34>25 (threshold).
+auto ConfigurationManager::InitializeDefaults() -> int { // NOLINT
 
   // find the configuration file...
   std::unique_ptr<path> configuration_file_path;
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ auto ConfigurationManager::GetConnection(const std::string &name) const
     if (configuration_file == "$CAOSDB_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION") {
       // user specified a file via the environment variable
       // TODO(tf) make this thread-secure (concurrency-mt-unsafe)
-      const auto *from_env_var = getenv("CAOSDB_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION"); // NOLINT
+      const auto *from_env_var =
+        getenv("CAOSDB_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION"); // NOLINT
       if (from_env_var != nullptr) {
         configuration_file_path = std::make_unique<path>(from_env_var);
         if (exists(*configuration_file_path)) {