diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca0041d0..e8f2bcf4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ format-check = [
 ]
 style-check = [
   {cmd = "pflake8 --version"},
-  {cmd = "pflake8 jrnl tests"},
+  {cmd = "pflake8 jrnl tests tasks.py"},
 ]
 sort-run = [
   {cmd = "isort ."},
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 30e9635f..453c2334 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2022 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 
+import json
+import os
+import pathlib
+
+import requests
+import xmltodict
+
 DOCS_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
 SITEMAP_FILENAME = "sitemap.xml"
 CONFIG_FILENAME = "config.json"
 
-def delete_files(files):
-    import pathlib
 
+def delete_files(files):
     for file in files:
         pathlib.Path(file).unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
 
 def generate_sitemap():
-    import requests
-
     sitemap = requests.get(f"{DOCS_URL}/{SITEMAP_FILENAME}")
-    with open(SITEMAP_FILENAME, 'wb') as f:
+    with open(SITEMAP_FILENAME, "wb") as f:
         f.write(sitemap.content)
 
 
 def generate_pa11y_config_from_sitemap():
-    import xmltodict
-    import json
-
     with open(SITEMAP_FILENAME) as f:
         xml_sitemap = xmltodict.parse(f.read())
 
@@ -33,13 +34,11 @@ def generate_pa11y_config_from_sitemap():
     ]
     urls += [url["loc"] for url in xml_sitemap["urlset"]["url"]]
 
-    with open(CONFIG_FILENAME, 'w') as f:
+    with open(CONFIG_FILENAME, "w") as f:
         f.write(json.dumps({"urls": urls}))
 
 
 def output_file(file):
-    import os
-
     if not os.getenv("CI", False):
         return
 
@@ -48,5 +47,4 @@ def output_file(file):
     with open(file) as f:
         print(f.read())
 
-    print('::endgroup::')
-
+    print("::endgroup::")