diff --git a/evennia/server/server.py b/evennia/server/server.py
index 745dfeb480..db2548e8f9 100644
--- a/evennia/server/server.py
+++ b/evennia/server/server.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import connection
 from django.db.utils import OperationalError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+
 from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
 from evennia.scripts.models import ScriptDB
 from evennia.server.models import ServerConfig
diff --git a/evennia/server/tests/test_launcher.py b/evennia/server/tests/test_launcher.py
index 2b894a0720..e0c1c0c27a 100644
--- a/evennia/server/tests/test_launcher.py
+++ b/evennia/server/tests/test_launcher.py
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import os
 import pickle
 
 from anything import Something
-from evennia.server import evennia_launcher
-from evennia.server.portal import amp
 from mock import MagicMock, create_autospec, patch
 from twisted.internet import reactor
 from twisted.internet.base import DelayedCall
 from twisted.trial.unittest import TestCase as TwistedTestCase
 
+from evennia.server import evennia_launcher
+from evennia.server.portal import amp
+
 DelayedCall.debug = True
 
 
diff --git a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
index d208e554f1..d49143f970 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeString
+
 from evennia.utils import logger
 from evennia.utils.utils import is_iter, to_bytes, uses_database
 
diff --git a/evennia/utils/evmenu.py b/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
index 1430bc31d4..4f4ecddfc4 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
@@ -273,12 +273,22 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 # i18n
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+
 from evennia import CmdSet, Command
 from evennia.commands import cmdhandler
 from evennia.utils import logger
 from evennia.utils.ansi import strip_ansi
 from evennia.utils.evtable import EvColumn, EvTable
-from evennia.utils.utils import crop, dedent, is_iter, m_len, make_iter, mod_import, pad, to_str
+from evennia.utils.utils import (
+    crop,
+    dedent,
+    is_iter,
+    m_len,
+    make_iter,
+    mod_import,
+    pad,
+    to_str,
+)
 
 # read from protocol NAWS later?
 _MAX_TEXT_WIDTH = settings.CLIENT_DEFAULT_WIDTH
diff --git a/evennia/utils/evtable.py b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
index f6837a79a0..8517344f61 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evtable.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ from copy import copy, deepcopy
 from textwrap import TextWrapper
 
 from django.conf import settings
+
 from evennia.utils.ansi import ANSIString
 from evennia.utils.utils import display_len as d_len
 from evennia.utils.utils import is_iter, justify
diff --git a/evennia/utils/utils.py b/evennia/utils/utils.py
index 3ad2bff9b5..b96338dead 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/utils.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/utils.py
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ from django.core.validators import validate_email as django_validate_email
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.html import strip_tags
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-from evennia.utils import logger
 from simpleeval import simple_eval
 from twisted.internet import reactor, threads
 from twisted.internet.defer import returnValue  # noqa - used as import target
 from twisted.internet.task import deferLater
 
+from evennia.utils import logger
+
 _MULTIMATCH_TEMPLATE = settings.SEARCH_MULTIMATCH_TEMPLATE
 _EVENNIA_DIR = settings.EVENNIA_DIR
 _GAME_DIR = settings.GAME_DIR