diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index 92c6d7a..34a8e17 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def get_subreddit_threads():
     ):  # note to user. you can have multiple subreddits via reddit.subreddit("redditdev+learnpython")
         try:
             subreddit = reddit.subreddit(
-                re.sub(r"r\/", "", input("What subreddit would you like to pull from? ")) # removes the r/ from the input
+                re.sub(r"r\/", "", input("What subreddit would you like to pull from? "))
+                # removes the r/ from the input
             )
         except ValueError:
             subreddit = reddit.subreddit("askreddit")
diff --git a/utils/checker.py b/utils/checker.py
index 0372514..05f1412 100644
--- a/utils/checker.py
+++ b/utils/checker.py
@@ -4,28 +4,32 @@ import tempfile
 from os import path
 from sys import platform
 
-ACCEPTABLE_TO_BE_LEFT_BLANK = ['RANDOM_THREAD', 'TIMES_TO_RUN']
+ACCEPTABLE_TO_BE_LEFT_BLANK = ["RANDOM_THREAD", "TIMES_TO_RUN"]
 
 
 def envUpdate():
     if path.exists(".env.template"):  # if .env.template exists and .env does not exist
         if platform == "win32" or platform == "cygwin":
-            runPS('utils/scripts/FileGrabber.ps1')
+            runPS("utils/scripts/FileGrabber.ps1")
             with open(".\\video_creation\\data\\envvars.txt", "rb") as f:
                 envTemplate = f.read()
         elif platform == "darwin" or platform == "linux":
-            envTemplate = subprocess.check_output("awk -F '=' 'NF {print $1}' .env.template | grep --regexp=^[a-zA-Z]",
-                                                  shell=True, )
+            envTemplate = subprocess.check_output(
+                "awk -F '=' 'NF {print $1}' .env.template | grep --regexp=^[a-zA-Z]",
+                shell=True,
+            )
         else:
             raise OSError("Unsupported platform")
     elif path.exists(".env"):
         if platform == "win32" or platform == "cygwin":
-            runPS('utils/scripts/FileGrabberenv.ps1')
+            runPS("utils/scripts/FileGrabberenv.ps1")
             with open(".\\video_creation\\data\\envvars.txt", "rb") as f:
                 envTemplate = f.read()
         elif platform == "darwin" or platform == "linux":
-            envTemplate = subprocess.check_output("awk -F '=' 'NF {print $1}' .env | grep --regexp=^[a-zA-Z]",
-                                                  shell=True, )
+            envTemplate = subprocess.check_output(
+                "awk -F '=' 'NF {print $1}' .env | grep --regexp=^[a-zA-Z]",
+                shell=True,
+            )
         else:
             raise OSError("Unsupported platform")
     else:
@@ -35,7 +39,6 @@ def envUpdate():
     tempEnv.seek(0)
     envVars = tempEnv.readlines()
 
-
     missing = []
     isMissingEnvs = False
     for env in envVars:
@@ -51,9 +54,11 @@ def envUpdate():
             missing.append(env)
 
     if isMissingEnvs:
-        printstr = ''
+        printstr = ""
         [printstr + str(var) for var in missing]
-        print(f"The following environment variables are missing: {printstr}. Please add them to the .env file.")
+        print(
+            f"The following environment variables are missing: {printstr}. Please add them to the .env file."
+        )
         exit(-1)