diff --git a/programming_examples/basic/passthrough_kernel/test.py b/programming_examples/basic/passthrough_kernel/test.py
index 38d2ada298..8d33eca0d9 100644
--- a/programming_examples/basic/passthrough_kernel/test.py
+++ b/programming_examples/basic/passthrough_kernel/test.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import aie.utils.test as test_utils
 
+
 def main(opts):
 
     # Load instruction sequence