diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 94e89144..230171e5 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ class Journal(object):
                 last_entry_pos = match.end()
                 entries.append(Entry.Entry(self, date=new_date))
 
-        
         # If no entries were found, treat all the existing text as an entry made now
         if not entries:
             entries.append(Entry.Entry(self, date=time.parse("now")))
@@ -218,7 +217,11 @@ class Journal(object):
         if not date:
             colon_pos = first_line.find(": ")
             if colon_pos > 0:
-                date = time.parse(raw[:colon_pos], default_hour=self.config['default_hour'], default_minute=self.config['default_minute'])
+                date = time.parse(
+                    raw[:colon_pos],
+                    default_hour=self.config['default_hour'],
+                    default_minute=self.config['default_minute']
+                )
                 if date:  # Parsed successfully, strip that from the raw text
                     starred = raw[:colon_pos].strip().endswith("*")
                     raw = raw[colon_pos + 1:].strip()
@@ -325,7 +328,10 @@ def open_journal(name, config, legacy=False):
             from . import DayOneJournal
             return DayOneJournal.DayOne(**config).open()
         else:
-            util.prompt(u"[Error: {0} is a directory, but doesn't seem to be a DayOne journal either.".format(config['journal']))
+            util.prompt(
+                u"[Error: {0} is a directory, but doesn't seem to be a DayOne journal either.".format(config['journal'])
+            )
+
             sys.exit(1)
 
     if not config['encrypt']: