diff --git a/bin/readprops.py b/bin/readprops.py
index ffa3615416..4b730658ac 100644
--- a/bin/readprops.py
+++ b/bin/readprops.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-
-
-import subprocess
 import configparser
-import traceback
-import sys
+import subprocess
 
 
 def readProps(prefsLoc):
@@ -11,27 +7,36 @@ def readProps(prefsLoc):
 
     config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
     config.read(prefsLoc)
-    version = dict(config.items('VERSION'))
-    verObj = dict(short = "{}.{}.{}".format(version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"]),
-        long = "unset")
+    version = dict(config.items("VERSION"))
+    verObj = dict(
+        short="{}.{}.{}".format(version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"]),
+        long="unset",
+    )
 
     # Try to find current build SHA if if the workspace is clean.  This could fail if git is not installed
     try:
-        sha = subprocess.check_output(
-            ['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD']).decode("utf-8").strip()
-        isDirty = subprocess.check_output(
-            ['git', 'diff', 'HEAD']).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        sha = (
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
+            .decode("utf-8")
+            .strip()
+        )
+        isDirty = (
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "diff", "HEAD"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        )
         suffix = sha
         # if isDirty:
         #     # short for 'dirty', we want to keep our verstrings source for protobuf reasons
         #     suffix = sha + "-d"
-        verObj['long'] = "{}.{}.{}.{}".format(
-            version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"], suffix)
+        verObj["long"] = "{}.{}.{}.{}".format(
+            version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"], suffix
+        )
     except:
         # print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
         # traceback.print_exc()
-        verObj['long'] = verObj['short']
+        verObj["long"] = verObj["short"]
 
     # print("firmware version " + verStr)
     return verObj
+
+
 # print("path is" + ','.join(sys.path))