diff --git a/src/BaseIO.hpp b/src/BaseIO.hpp
index bdb7118c..0a48d227 100644
--- a/src/BaseIO.hpp
+++ b/src/BaseIO.hpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class BaseIO
    * @return True if the file is in a modification mode, false otherwise.
    */
   virtual bool canModifyObjects() = 0;
-  
+
   /**
    * @brief Creates an extendable dataset with a given base data type, size,
    * chunking, and path.
diff --git a/src/hdf5/HDF5IO.cpp b/src/hdf5/HDF5IO.cpp
index eb7c355f..8a8ad5a0 100644
--- a/src/hdf5/HDF5IO.cpp
+++ b/src/hdf5/HDF5IO.cpp
@@ -402,14 +402,15 @@ bool HDF5IO::canModifyObjects()
   unsigned int intent;
   herr_t status = H5Fget_intent(this->file->getId(), &intent);
   if (status < 0) {
-      return false;  // We could not access the file so modifying objects is not going to work
+    return false;  // We could not access the file so modifying objects is not
+                   // going to work
   }
 
   // Check if SWMR mode is enabled
   if (intent & (H5F_ACC_SWMR_READ | H5F_ACC_SWMR_WRITE)) {
-      return false;  // File is in SWMR mode
+    return false;  // File is in SWMR mode
   } else {
-      return true;  // File is not in SWMR mode
+    return true;  // File is not in SWMR mode
   }
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/tests/testNWBFile.cpp b/tests/testNWBFile.cpp
index 3ad07f81..9f1fe658 100644
--- a/tests/testNWBFile.cpp
+++ b/tests/testNWBFile.cpp
@@ -82,12 +82,11 @@ TEST_CASE("setCanModifyObjectsMode", "[nwb]")
   nwbfile.finalize();
 }
 
-
 TEST_CASE("pauseRecording", "[nwb]")
 {
   std::string filename = getTestFilePath("testPauseRecording.nwb");
 
-// initialize nwbfile object and create base structure
+  // initialize nwbfile object and create base structure
   NWB::NWBFile nwbfile(generateUuid(),
                        std::make_unique<HDF5::HDF5IO>(filename));
   nwbfile.initialize();