diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_edit_book.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_edit_book.py
index 2c3254df0..2dc25095f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_edit_book.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/books/test_edit_book.py
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ class EditBookViews(TestCase):
             remote_id="https://example.com/book/1",
             parent_work=self.work,
         )
-
+        # pylint: disable=line-too-long
         self.authors_body = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='http://isni.oclc.org/sru/DB=1.2/?xsl=searchRetrieveResponse' ?><srw:searchRetrieveResponse xmlns:srw='http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/' xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' xmlns:diag='http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/diagnostic/' xmlns:xcql='http://www.loc.gov/zing/cql/xcql/'><srw:version>1.1</srw:version><srw:records><srw:record><isniUnformatted>0000000084510024</isniUnformatted></srw:record></srw:records></srw:searchRetrieveResponse>"
 
+        # pylint: disable=line-too-long
         self.author_body = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='http://isni.oclc.org/sru/DB=1.2/?xsl=searchRetrieveResponse' ?><srw:searchRetrieveResponse xmlns:srw='http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/' xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' xmlns:diag='http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/diagnostic/' xmlns:xcql='http://www.loc.gov/zing/cql/xcql/'><srw:records><srw:record><srw:recordData><responseRecord><ISNIAssigned><isniUnformatted>0000000084510024</isniUnformatted><isniURI>https://isni.org/isni/0000000084510024</isniURI><dataConfidence>60</dataConfidence><ISNIMetadata><identity><personOrFiction><personalName><surname>Catherine Amy Dawson Scott</surname><nameTitle>poet and novelist</nameTitle><nameUse>public</nameUse><source>VIAF</source><source>WKP</source><subsourceIdentifier>Q544961</subsourceIdentifier></personalName><personalName><forename>C. A.</forename><surname>Dawson Scott</surname><marcDate>1865-1934</marcDate><nameUse>public</nameUse><source>VIAF</source><source>NLP</source><subsourceIdentifier>a28927850</subsourceIdentifier></personalName><sources><codeOfSource>VIAF</codeOfSource><sourceIdentifier>45886165</sourceIdentifier><reference><class>ALL</class><role>CRE</role><URI>http://viaf.org/viaf/45886165</URI></reference></sources><externalInformation><information>Wikipedia</information><URI>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Amy_Dawson_Scott</URI></externalInformation></ISNIMetadata></ISNIAssigned></responseRecord></srw:recordData></srw:record></srw:records></srw:searchRetrieveResponse>"
 
         responses.get(
diff --git a/bookwyrm/utils/isni.py b/bookwyrm/utils/isni.py
index a6b0060fc..bcff3810f 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/utils/isni.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/utils/isni.py
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ def find_authors_by_name(name_string, description=False):
     possible_authors = []
     for element in root.iter("responseRecord"):
 
-        # TODO: we don't seem to do anything with the personal_name variable - is this code block needed?
+        # TODO: we don't seem to do anything with the 
+        # personal_name variable - is this code block needed?
         personal_name = element.find(".//forename/..")
         if not personal_name:
             continue