diff --git a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
index d767f77b8d73a8eaa69ccbb7c090fa2c040d9ce1..dff461e7fb0ed5270119907bd4ad859503b3ce21 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/common/administration.py
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@
 
 """missing docstring."""
 
-from lxml import etree
-
 from caosdb.common.utils import xml2str
 from caosdb.connection.connection import get_connection
-from caosdb.exceptions import (HTTPClientError,
-                               HTTPForbiddenError,
-                               HTTPResourceNotFoundError,
-                               EntityDoesNotExistError,
-                               ServerConfigurationException,
-                               )
+from caosdb.exceptions import (EntityDoesNotExistError, HTTPClientError,
+                               HTTPForbiddenError, HTTPResourceNotFoundError,
+                               ServerConfigurationException)
+from lxml import etree
 
 
 def set_server_property(key, value):
@@ -163,6 +159,7 @@ def _update_user(name, realm=None, password=None, status=None,
     except HTTPClientError as e:
         if e.status == 409:
             e.msg = "Entity does not exist."
+
         if e.status == 422:
             e.msg = """Maybe the password does not match the required standard?
                         The current requirements are: