diff --git a/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/bufr2ioda_combine_ncep_amsua.py b/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/bufr2ioda_combine_ncep_amsua.py
index 9f5440401..4d1e61adc 100755
--- a/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/bufr2ioda_combine_ncep_amsua.py
+++ b/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/bufr2ioda_combine_ncep_amsua.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 AMSUA_TYPE_CHANGE_DATETIME = "2023120000"
 
 BAMUA = '1BAMUA'
-ESAMUA  = 'ESAMUA'
+ESAMUA = 'ESAMUA'
 
 YAML_NORMAL = True  # current as normal
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def apply_corr(self, sat_id, ta, ifov):
 
 @timing_decorator
 def merge(amsua_files, splits):
-    ioda_files = [(f'amsua.{x}_ta.tm00.ncc', f'esamua.{x}.tm00.ncc',  f'amsua_{x}.tm00.nc') for x in splits]
+    ioda_files = [(f'amsua.{x}_ta.tm00.ncc', f'esamua.{x}.tm00.ncc', f'amsua_{x}.tm00.nc') for x in splits]
     logger.info(f'Ioda files: {ioda_files}')
     file1 = [f for f in amsua_files[0].values()]
     file2 = [f for f in amsua_files[1].values()]
diff --git a/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/run_bufr2ioda.py b/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/run_bufr2ioda.py
index 976192ce6..7e24d26a0 100755
--- a/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/run_bufr2ioda.py
+++ b/ush/ioda/bufr2ioda/run_bufr2ioda.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def bufr2ioda(current_cycle, RUN, DMPDIR, config_template_dir, COM_OBS):
     BUFR_yaml_files = [os.path.basename(f) for f in BUFR_yaml_files]
     BUFR_yaml = [f.replace('bufr2ioda_', '').replace('.yaml', '') for f in BUFR_yaml_files]
     logger.info(f'All obs type processed by yaml: {BUFR_yaml}')
-    BUFR_yaml =  ['ncep_1bamua_ta', 'ncep_esamua']
+    BUFR_yaml = ['ncep_1bamua_ta', 'ncep_esamua']
 
     for obtype in BUFR_yaml:
         logger.info(f"Convert {obtype}...")