diff --git a/clmctest/monitoring/conftest.py b/clmctest/monitoring/conftest.py
index 9c33c8b035c652799b68a8595777aa98df8a8408..b6af171be569615762b0c1a94079ac4c1d441d7b 100644
--- a/clmctest/monitoring/conftest.py
+++ b/clmctest/monitoring/conftest.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def influx_db(streaming_sim_config, request):
     return InfluxDBClient(host=streaming_sim_config['hosts'][0]['ip_address'], port='8086', database=request.param['database'], timeout=10)
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def simulator( streaming_sim_config ):
+def simulator(streaming_sim_config):
 
     influx_url     = "http://" + streaming_sim_config['hosts'][0]['ip_address'] + ":8086"
     influx_db_name = streaming_sim_config['hosts'][1]['database_name']