diff --git a/wis2box-management/wis2box/metadata/station.py b/wis2box-management/wis2box/metadata/station.py
index e9dfa601..c4533318 100644
--- a/wis2box-management/wis2box/metadata/station.py
+++ b/wis2box-management/wis2box/metadata/station.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def publish_from_csv(path: Path, new_topic: str = None) -> None:
     LOGGER.debug(f'Publishing station list from {path}')
     station_list = []
     with path.open() as fh:
-        #checking if file is in standard utf-8
+        # checking if file is in standard utf-8
         error=False
         try:
             f = codecs.open(str(path), encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def publish_from_csv(path: Path, new_topic: str = None) -> None:
         except UnicodeDecodeError:   
             error=True   
         if error:
-            msg = f'Station file is not in standard UTF-8, please update your file.'
+            msg = f'Station file is not in standard UTF-8, please update.'
             LOGGER.error(msg)
             raise RuntimeError(msg)