diff --git a/src/caosdb/__init__.py b/src/caosdb/__init__.py
index 79e24c699c7285d0a7e000472794de247168030c..4043bbed3283c07d5a1ff7e3dbd77593a7f82fb1 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/__init__.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/__init__.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from os.path import expanduser, join
 import caosdb.apiutils
 from caosdb.common import administration
 from caosdb.common.datatype import (BOOLEAN, DATETIME, DOUBLE, FILE, INTEGER,
-                                    REFERENCE, TEXT, LIST)
+                                    LIST, REFERENCE, TEXT)
 from caosdb.common.state import State, Transition
 # Import of the basic  API classes:
 from caosdb.common.models import (ACL, ALL, FIX, NONE, OBLIGATORY, RECOMMENDED,