diff --git a/helical/models/uce/model.py b/helical/models/uce/model.py
index 8616507f..049b30fc 100644
--- a/helical/models/uce/model.py
+++ b/helical/models/uce/model.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def process_data(self,
         list_of_mariana = [1,2,3]
         if 1 in list_of_mariana:
             # do my change
-            
+
         if gene_column_name != "index":
             data.var.index = data.var[gene_column_name]
 
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ def process_data(self,
         pe_row_idxs = get_protein_embeddings_idxs(files_config["offset_pkl_path"], species, species_to_all_gene_symbols, filtered_adata)
         dataset_chroms, dataset_start = get_positions(Path(files_config["spec_chrom_csv_path"]), species, filtered_adata)
 
+
         if not (len(dataset_chroms) == len(dataset_start) == num_genes == pe_row_idxs.shape[0]): 
             LOGGER.error(f'Invalid input dimensions for the UCEDataset! ' 
                         f'dataset_chroms: {len(dataset_chroms)}, '