diff --git a/neps/search_spaces/yaml_search_space_utils.py b/neps/search_spaces/yaml_search_space_utils.py
index d3ed7041..e0efe616 100644
--- a/neps/search_spaces/yaml_search_space_utils.py
+++ b/neps/search_spaces/yaml_search_space_utils.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 import re
 
 
-def convert_scientific_notation(
-    value: str | int | float, show_usage_flag=False
-) -> float | (float, bool):
+def convert_scientific_notation(value: str | int | float, show_usage_flag=False) \
+                                -> float | (float, bool):
     """
     Convert a given value to a float if it's a string that matches scientific e notation.
     This is especially useful for numbers like "3.3e-5" which YAML parsers may not