diff --git a/jrnl/Entry.py b/jrnl/Entry.py
index 56347770..800345c6 100644
--- a/jrnl/Entry.py
+++ b/jrnl/Entry.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Entry:
 
     @staticmethod
     def tag_regex(tagsymbols):
-        pattern = fr"(?<!\S)([{tagsymbols}][-+*#/\w]+)"
+        pattern = rf"(?<!\S)([{tagsymbols}][-+*#/\w]+)"
         return re.compile(pattern)
 
     def _parse_tags(self):
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
index 887fdaf1..3c627cd5 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/yaml_exporter.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class YAMLExporter(TextExporter):
 
         tagsymbols = entry.journal.config["tagsymbols"]
         # see also Entry.Entry.rag_regex
-        multi_tag_regex = re.compile(fr"(?u)^\s*([{tagsymbols}][-+*#/\w]+\s*)+$")
+        multi_tag_regex = re.compile(rf"(?u)^\s*([{tagsymbols}][-+*#/\w]+\s*)+$")
 
         """Increase heading levels in body text"""
         newbody = ""
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_time.py b/tests/unit/test_time.py
index c829c52b..5f22148e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_time.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_time.py
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ def test_default_hour_is_added():
 
 
 def test_default_minute_is_added():
-    assert (
-        time.parse(
-            "2020-06-20",
-            inclusive=False,
-            default_hour=0,
-            default_minute=30,
-            bracketed=False,
-        )
-        == datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 20, 0, 30)
-    )
+    assert time.parse(
+        "2020-06-20",
+        inclusive=False,
+        default_hour=0,
+        default_minute=30,
+        bracketed=False,
+    ) == datetime.datetime(2020, 6, 20, 0, 30)