diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/exporters/to_phy.py b/src/spikeinterface/exporters/to_phy.py
index 54ad0ea366..ebc810b953 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/exporters/to_phy.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/exporters/to_phy.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def export_to_phy(
             if copy_binary:
                 f.write(f"dat_path = r'recording.dat'\n")
             elif rec_path == "None":
-                 f.write(f"dat_path = {rec_path}\n")               
+                f.write(f"dat_path = {rec_path}\n")
             else:
                 f.write(f"dat_path = r'{str(Path(rec_path).relative_to(output_folder))}'\n")
         else: