diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 5d37561a..3695c501 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ format_list <- function(values) {
 check_is_recent <- function(dates, max_age) {
   (!is.null(dates) && any(dates >= format(Sys.Date() - max_age, format = "%Y%m%d")))
 }
+
 #' helper that checks whether a call is actually cachable
 #'
 #' @keywords internal
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cache.R b/tests/testthat/test-cache.R
index c0e18031..8f13f04b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-cache.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-cache.R
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 test_that("basic cache setup", {
   expect_true(is.null(cache_environ$epidatr_cache))
 })
+
 tmp_base_dir <- Sys.getenv("TMPDIR")
 new_temp_dir <- NULL
 if (tmp_base_dir == "") {
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ if (tmp_base_dir == "") {
     md5(paste(Sys.time(), "I am the very model of a modern major general"))
   )
 }
+
 test_set_cache <- function(cache_dir = new_temp_dir,
                            days = 1,
                            max_size = 1,