diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
index 75e30fca..269102c1 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/flaskapi.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ class RequestParser(object):
     def __call__(self, function):
         if not callable(function):
             return
+
         @wraps(function)
         def wrapped_function(*args, **kwargs):
             parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/zkhandler.py b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/zkhandler.py
index b7ee74f0..93ba9aa5 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/zkhandler.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/zkhandler.py
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ def renamekey(zk_conn, kv):
 
             old_data = zk_conn.get(old_name)[0]
 
-            # Find the children of old_name recursively
             child_keys = list()
+
+            # Find the children of old_name recursively
             def get_children(key):
                 children = zk_conn.get_children(key)
                 if not children: