diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/subscribe.html b/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/subscribe.html
index e64be602..66245ffc 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/subscribe.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/subscribe.html
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
                     <span class="subtitle is-7 is-block">@{{ user|username }}</span>
                 </a>
                 <form name="follow" method="post" action="{% url 'follow' %}/?next={% url 'ostatus-success' %}?following={{ user.username }}">
-                  {% csrf_token %}
-                  <input name="user" value={{ user.username }} hidden>
-                  <button class="button is-link" type="submit">{% trans "Follow " %} {{ user.name }}</button>
+                    {% csrf_token %}
+                    <input name="user" value={{ user.username }} hidden>
+                    <button class="button is-link" type="submit">{% trans "Follow " %} {{ user.name }}</button>
                 </form>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/template.html b/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/template.html
index 2e8ee7b3..cb922f9b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/template.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/ostatus/template.html
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
   </div>
 </footer>
 
-<!-- TODO: do we need any of this stuff? -->
 <script>
   var csrf_token = '{{ csrf_token }}';
 </script>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index 48fe0f6c..45837ec1 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -453,5 +453,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     re_path(r"^delete-follow-request/?$", views.delete_follow_request),
     re_path(r"^ostatus_follow/?$", views.remote_follow, name="remote-follow"),
     re_path(r"^remote_follow/?$", views.remote_follow_page, name="remote-follow-page"),
-    re_path(r"^ostatus_success/?$", views.ostatus_follow_success, name="ostatus-success"),
+    re_path(
+        r"^ostatus_success/?$", views.ostatus_follow_success, name="ostatus-success"
+    ),
 ] + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
index 3b5bf823..4a92578c 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@ from .author import Author, EditAuthor
 from .directory import Directory
 from .discover import Discover
 from .feed import DirectMessage, Feed, Replies, Status
-from .follow import follow, unfollow, ostatus_follow_request, ostatus_follow_success, remote_follow, remote_follow_page
+from .follow import (
+    follow,
+    unfollow,
+    ostatus_follow_request,
+    ostatus_follow_success,
+    remote_follow,
+    remote_follow_page,
+)
 from .follow import accept_follow_request, delete_follow_request
 from .get_started import GetStartedBooks, GetStartedProfile, GetStartedUsers
 from .goal import Goal, hide_goal
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/follow.py b/bookwyrm/views/follow.py
index 2ebe0ce0..58d97985 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/follow.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/follow.py
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST
 
 from bookwyrm import models
-from .helpers import get_user_from_username, handle_remote_webfinger, subscribe_remote_webfinger
+from .helpers import (
+    get_user_from_username,
+    handle_remote_webfinger,
+    subscribe_remote_webfinger,
+)
 
 
 @login_required
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ def follow(request):
     return redirect(to_follow.local_path)
 
 
-
 @login_required
 @require_POST
 def unfollow(request):
@@ -92,12 +95,15 @@ def delete_follow_request(request):
     follow_request.delete()
     return redirect(f"/user/{request.user.localname}")
 
+
 def ostatus_follow_request(request):
     """prepare an outgoing remote follow request"""
 
     # parse the acct URI into a user string
     uri = urllib.parse.unquote(request.GET.get("acct"))
-    username_parts = re.search("(?:^http(?:s?):\/\/)([\w\-\.]*)(?:.)*(?:(?:\/)([\w]*))", uri)
+    username_parts = re.search(
+        "(?:^http(?:s?):\/\/)([\w\-\.]*)(?:.)*(?:(?:\/)([\w]*))", uri
+    )
     account = f"{username_parts[2]}@{username_parts[1]}"
     user = handle_remote_webfinger(account)
     error = None
@@ -111,14 +117,13 @@ def ostatus_follow_request(request):
     if hasattr(user, "followers") and request.user in user.followers.all():
         error = "already_following"
 
-    if hasattr(user, "follower_requests") and request.user in user.follower_requests.all():
+    if (
+        hasattr(user, "follower_requests")
+        and request.user in user.follower_requests.all()
+    ):
         error = "already_requested"
 
-    data = {
-        "account": account,
-        "user": user,
-        "error": error
-    }
+    data = {"account": account, "user": user, "error": error}
 
     return TemplateResponse(request, "ostatus/subscribe.html", data)
 
@@ -127,21 +132,17 @@ def ostatus_follow_request(request):
 def ostatus_follow_success(request):
     """display success message for remote follow"""
     user = get_user_from_username(request.user, request.GET.get("following"))
-    data = {
-        "account": user.name,
-        "user": user, 
-        "error": None
-    }
+    data = {"account": user.name, "user": user, "error": None}
     return TemplateResponse(request, "ostatus/success.html", data)
 
+
 def remote_follow_page(request):
     """Display remote follow page"""
     user = get_user_from_username(request.user, request.GET.get("user"))
-    data = {
-        "user": user
-    }
+    data = {"user": user}
     return TemplateResponse(request, "ostatus/remote_follow.html", data)
 
+
 @require_POST
 def remote_follow(request):
     """direct user to follow from remote account using ostatus subscribe protocol"""
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py b/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
index 60718148..650087ec 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/helpers.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def handle_remote_webfinger(query):
                     return None
     return user
 
+
 def subscribe_remote_webfinger(query):
     """get subscribe template from other servers"""
     template = None
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ def subscribe_remote_webfinger(query):
 
     return template
 
+
 def get_edition(book_id):
     """look up a book in the db and return an edition"""
     book = models.Book.objects.select_subclasses().get(id=book_id)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py b/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py
index c9b1c129..03e619df 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/wellknown.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ def webfinger(request):
                     "href": user.remote_id,
                 },
                 {
-                  "rel": "http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0/subscribe",
-                  "template": f"https://{DOMAIN}/ostatus_subscribe?acct={{uri}}"
-                }
+                    "rel": "http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0/subscribe",
+                    "template": f"https://{DOMAIN}/ostatus_subscribe?acct={{uri}}",
+                },
             ],
         }
     )