diff --git a/xcat/utils.py b/xcat/utils.py
index 5a1315c..94e3c27 100644
--- a/xcat/utils.py
+++ b/xcat/utils.py
@@ -1,80 +1,102 @@
-import hashlib, json, random, binascii
-import xcat.trades as trades
+import hashlib
+import json
+import random
+import binascii
 import os
+import xcat.trades as trades
 
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
 
+
 ############################################
 ########### Data conversion utils ##########
 ############################################
+
+
 def b(string):
     """Convert a string to bytes"""
     return str.encode(string)
 
+
 def x(h):
     """Convert a hex string to bytes"""
     return binascii.unhexlify(h.encode('utf8'))
 
+
 def b2x(b):
     """Convert bytes to a hex string"""
     return binascii.hexlify(b).decode('utf8')
 
+
 def x2s(hexstring):
     """Convert hex to a utf-8 string"""
     return binascii.unhexlify(hexstring).decode('utf-8')
 
+
 def s2x(string):
     """Convert a utf-8 string to hex"""
     return b2x(b(string))
 
+
 def hex2dict(hexstr):
     jsonstr = x2s(hexstr)
     print(hexstr['fund_tx'])
     print(jsonstr)
     return json.loads(jsonstr)
 
+
 def jsonformat(trade):
     return {
-    'sell': trade.sell.__dict__,
-    'buy': trade.buyContract.__dict__
+        'sell': trade.sell.__dict__,
+        'buy': trade.buyContract.__dict__
     }
 
+
 ############################################
 ########### Preimage utils #################
 ############################################
 
+
 def generate_password():
-    s = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+    s = ("1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+         "01234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
     passlen = 32
-    p =  "".join(random.sample(s,passlen))
+    p = "".join(random.sample(s, passlen))
     return p
 
+
 def sha256(secret):
     preimage = secret.encode('utf8')
     h = hashlib.sha256(preimage).digest()
     return h
 
+
 ############################################
 ######## Error handling for CLI ############
 ############################################
 
+
 def throw(err):
     print(err)
     exit()
 
+
 #############################################
 #########  xcat.json temp file  #############
 #############################################
 
+
 tmp_dir = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, '.tmp')
 if not os.path.exists(tmp_dir):
     os.makedirs(tmp_dir)
 xcatjson = os.path.join(tmp_dir, 'xcat.json')
 
+
 def save_trade(trade):
     with open(xcatjson, 'w+') as outfile:
         json.dump(trade, outfile)
 
+
 def get_trade():
     with open(xcatjson) as data_file:
         xcatdb = json.load(data_file)
@@ -83,6 +105,7 @@ def get_trade():
         trade = trades.Trade(sell, buy, commitment=xcatdb['commitment'])
         return trade
 
+
 def erase_trade():
     try:
         with open(xcatjson, 'w') as outfile:
@@ -90,15 +113,17 @@ def erase_trade():
     except:
         pass
 
+
 def save(trade):
     # print("Saving trade")
     trade = {
-    'sell': trade.sell.__dict__,
-    'buy': trade.buy.__dict__,
-    'commitment': trade.commitment
+        'sell': trade.sell.__dict__,
+        'buy': trade.buy.__dict__,
+        'commitment': trade.commitment
     }
     save_trade(trade)
 
+
 # Remove tmp files when trade is complete
 def cleanup(tradeid):
     try: