diff --git a/tasks/utilities/data_handling/task_fetch_srr_metadata.wdl b/tasks/utilities/data_handling/task_fetch_srr_metadata.wdl
index be8a1a7c9..b2be2b029 100644
--- a/tasks/utilities/data_handling/task_fetch_srr_metadata.wdl
+++ b/tasks/utilities/data_handling/task_fetch_srr_metadata.wdl
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ task fetch_srr_metadata {
     Int cpu = 2
     Int memory = 8
   }
-
   meta {
     volatile: true
   }
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ task fetch_srr_metadata {
   output {
     String srr_accession = read_string("metadata_output/srr_accession.txt")
   }
-
   runtime {
     docker: docker
     memory: memory + " GB"