diff --git a/khmer/_khmermodule.cc b/khmer/_khmermodule.cc
index 9ef8eb95fe..d3282d9212 100644
--- a/khmer/_khmermodule.cc
+++ b/khmer/_khmermodule.cc
@@ -694,8 +694,9 @@ hash_get_raw_tables(khmer_KCountingHash_Object * self, PyObject * args)
     PyObject * raw_tables = PyList_New(sizes.size());
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<sizes.size(); ++i) {
         PyObject * buf = PyBuffer_FromMemory(table_ptrs[i], sizes[i]);
-        if(!PyBuffer_Check(buf))
+        if(!PyBuffer_Check(buf)) {
             return NULL;
+        }
         PyList_SET_ITEM(raw_tables, i, buf);
     }
 
@@ -1552,8 +1553,9 @@ static PyMethodDef khmer_counting_methods[] = {
     },
     { "output_fasta_kmer_pos_freq", (PyCFunction)hash_output_fasta_kmer_pos_freq, METH_VARARGS, "" },
     { "get", (PyCFunction)hash_get, METH_VARARGS, "Get the count for the given k-mer" },
-    { "get_raw_tables", (PyCFunction)hash_get_raw_tables,
-       METH_VARARGS, "Get a list of the raw tables as memoryview objects"
+    {
+        "get_raw_tables", (PyCFunction)hash_get_raw_tables,
+        METH_VARARGS, "Get a list of the raw tables as memoryview objects"
     },
     { "get_min_count", (PyCFunction)hash_get_min_count, METH_VARARGS, "Get the smallest count of all the k-mers in the string" },
     { "get_max_count", (PyCFunction)hash_get_max_count, METH_VARARGS, "Get the largest count of all the k-mers in the string" },
diff --git a/lib/counting.hh b/lib/counting.hh
index cc1cc1300c..79baa48ce1 100644
--- a/lib/counting.hh
+++ b/lib/counting.hh
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ public:
 
     // Writing to the tables outside of defined methods has undefined behavior!
     // As such, this should only be used to return read-only interfaces
-    Byte ** get_raw_tables() {
+    Byte ** get_raw_tables()
+    {
         return _counts;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_counting_hash.py b/tests/test_counting_hash.py
index f76ea81db3..68f2099f51 100644
--- a/tests/test_counting_hash.py
+++ b/tests/test_counting_hash.py
@@ -100,14 +100,16 @@ def test_collision_3(self):
 
         assert hi.get(GG) == 2
 
+
 def test_get_raw_tables():
     ht = khmer.new_counting_hash(20, 1e5, 4)
     tables = ht.get_raw_tables()
 
     for size, table in zip(ht.hashsizes(), tables):
-        assert type(table) is buffer
+        assert isinstance(table, buffer)
         assert size == len(table)
 
+
 def test_get_raw_tables_view():
     ht = khmer.new_counting_hash(20, 1e5, 4)
     tables = ht.get_raw_tables()