diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/models.py b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
index ab8e9f06c3590e1f01fc3700bd364395686b0d24..6450587afb7043bcda298eb6eccd85e54c6e61ba 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/models.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/models.py
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ def _deletion_sync(e_local, e_remote):
         return
 
     try:
-        e_remote.get_messages()["info", 10] # try and get the deletion info
+        e_remote.get_messages()["info", 10]  # try and get the deletion info
     except KeyError:
         # deletion info wasn't there
         e_local.messages = e_remote.messages