diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
index d7bccac7a483c2e2e6feca4c2bf9a9bfc8685ff9..f6c85c694e5ef0be7e6a9be8154a34c400bab008 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
@@ -53,19 +53,10 @@ class Identifiable():
     backrefs: list, TODO future
     """
 
-
-<< << << < HEAD
-    def __init__(self, record_id: Optional[int] = None, path: Optional[str] = None,
-                 record_type: Optional[str] = None,
+    def __init__(self, record_id: Optional[int] = None, record_type: Optional[str] = None,
                  name: Optional[str] = None, properties: Optional[dict] = None,
                  backrefs: Optional[list[Union[int, str]]] = None):
-        if (record_id is None and path is None and name is None
-== == ===
-    def __init__(self, record_id: int=None, record_type: str=None,
-                 name: str=None, properties: dict=None,
-                 backrefs: list[Union[int, str]]=None):
         if (record_id is None and name is None
->> >>>> > dev
                 and (backrefs is None or len(backrefs) == 0)
                 and (properties is None or len(properties) == 0)):
             raise ValueError(
@@ -74,17 +65,17 @@ class Identifiable():
         if properties is not None and 'name' in [k.lower() for k in properties.keys()]:
             raise ValueError("Please use the separete 'name' keyword instead of the properties "
                              "dict for name")
-        self.record_id=record_id
-        self.record_type=record_type
-        self.name=name
+        self.record_id = record_id
+        self.record_type = record_type
+        self.name = name
         if name == "":
-            self.name=None
-        self.properties: dict={}
+            self.name = None
+        self.properties: dict = {}
         if properties is not None:
-            self.properties=properties
-        self.backrefs: list[Union[int, db.Entity]]=[]
+            self.properties = properties
+        self.backrefs: list[Union[int, db.Entity]] = []
         if backrefs is not None:
-            self.backrefs=backrefs
+            self.backrefs = backrefs
 
     def get_representation(self) -> str:
         return sha256(Identifiable._create_hashable_string(self).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
@@ -118,7 +109,7 @@ class Identifiable():
         creates a string from the attributes of an identifiable that can be hashed
         String has the form "P<parent>N<name>R<reference-ids>a:5b:10"
         """
-        rec_string="P<{}>N<{}>R<{}>".format(
+        rec_string = "P<{}>N<{}>R<{}>".format(
             identifiable.record_type,
             identifiable.name,
             [Identifiable._value_representation(el) for el in identifiable.backrefs])
@@ -141,7 +132,7 @@ class Identifiable():
 
     def __repr__(self):
         """ deterministic text representation of the identifiable """
-        pstring=json.dumps({k: str(v) for k, v in self.properties.items()})
+        pstring = json.dumps({k: str(v) for k, v in self.properties.items()})
         return (f"{self.__class__.__name__} for RT {self.record_type}: id={self.record_id}; "
                 f"name={self.name}\n"
                 f"\tproperties:\n{pstring}\n"