diff --git a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
index 2af8fae75e2faff5d2210f209e70f864a789b791..ea3e61bc5143d390e235b8114e6284729a2bfab2 100644
--- a/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
+++ b/src/core/js/edit_mode.js
@@ -1015,26 +1015,28 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
                 options.then((_options) => {
                     // The options might not include all entites (if there are
                     // many). Include the property value if it is missing.
-                    if (-1==_options.map((e)=>{return e.value}).indexOf(property.value)){
+                    if (-1 == _options.map((e) => {
+                            return e.value
+                        }).indexOf(property.value)) {
                         _options = _options.concat([$(`<option value="${property.value}">ID: ${property.value}</option>`)[0]])
                     }
                     edit_mode.fill_reference_drop_down(select[0], _options, property.value);
                     result.empty();
                     result.append(select);
                     // value=NA means that the first element is the warning that not all entities are provided
-                    if(_options[0].getAttribute('value') == "NA") {
+                    if (_options[0].getAttribute('value') == "NA") {
                         // The button to show the input field for manual ID insertion
                         var manualInsertButton = $('<button title="Insert Entity Id manually." class="btn btn-link caosdb-update-entity-button caosdb-f-list-item-button"><i class="bi-pencil"></i></button>');
-                            $(manualInsertButton ).click(function () {
-                                // show ID input; hide dropdown
-                                $(result).find('.dropdown').hide();
-                                $(result).find('input').show();
+                        $(manualInsertButton).click(function () {
+                            // show ID input; hide dropdown
+                            $(result).find('.dropdown').hide();
+                            $(result).find('input').show();
                         });
                         // Add input for manual ID insertion
                         idinput = $("<input type='number' value=''></input>")
                         idinput.hide()
                         // Add callback for pressing Enter: the insertion is completed
-                        idinput.on('keyup', function(e){
+                        idinput.on('keyup', function (e) {
                             if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.keyCode === 13) {
                                 // hide the input, show the dropdown again and append the value that
                                 // was entered to the candidates and select that item
@@ -1872,11 +1874,10 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
      *     which can be referenced by the property.
      */
     this.retrieve_datatype_list = async function (datatype) {
-        var find_entity = ["FILE", "REFERENCE"].includes(datatype)? "" : `"${datatype}"`;
+        var find_entity = ["FILE", "REFERENCE"].includes(datatype) ? "" : `"${datatype}"`;
         const max_options = 100; //for each query; there might be more candidates in total
-        // TODO cache this?
         var n_entities = datatype !== "FILE" ? edit_mode.query(`COUNT Record ${find_entity}`, true) : 0;
-        var n_files =edit_mode.query(`COUNT File ${find_entity}`, true);
+        var n_files = edit_mode.query(`COUNT File ${find_entity}`, true);
         var entities = datatype !== "FILE" ? edit_mode.query(`FIND Record ${find_entity}&P=0L${max_options}`, true) : [];
         var files = edit_mode.query(`FIND File ${find_entity}&P=0L${max_options}`, true);
 
@@ -1889,7 +1890,7 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
 
         if (n_entities > max_options || n_files > max_options) {
             // add notification that not all entities are shown
-            options=[$(`<option disabled=true value="NA"/>`).text('Dropdown only shows selection of possible entities!')[0]].concat(options);
+            options = [$(`<option disabled=true value="NA"/>`).text('Dropdown only shows selection of possible entities!')[0]].concat(options);
         }
         return options;
     }
@@ -2137,7 +2138,7 @@ var edit_mode = new function () {
         if (use_cache && query_cache[str]) {
             return query_cache[str];
         }
-        if (str.toUpperCase().startsWith('COUNT')){
+        if (str.toUpperCase().startsWith('COUNT')) {
             const res = await connection.get(`Entity/?query=${str}`);
             const result = $(res).find('Query').attr('results')
         } else {