diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 83d3d921..f7cae1ec 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ class Journal:
         # (2) if timeformat_strict is set to true.
         if self.config["timeformat"] == "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M":
             if self.config["timeformat_strict"]:
-                date_blob_re = re.compile("(?:^|\n)\\[(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2})\\] ")
+                date_blob_re = re.compile(
+                    "(?:^|\n)\\[(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2})\\] "
+                )
 
         last_entry_pos = 0
         for match in date_blob_re.finditer(journal_txt):