diff --git a/mcsm/format_results.py b/mcsm/format_results.py
index a79879c..d0c8e52 100755
--- a/mcsm/format_results.py
+++ b/mcsm/format_results.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ mcsm_data.rename(columns = my_colnames_dict, inplace = True)
 mcsm_data.columns
 #%%===========================================================================
 # populate mutationinformation column:mcsm style  muts {WT}<POS>{MUT}
-print('populating column : Mutationinformation which is currently empty\n', mcsm_data['Mutationinformation'])
+print('Populating column : Mutationinformation which is currently empty\n', mcsm_data['Mutationinformation'])
 mcsm_data['Mutationinformation'] = mcsm_data['Wild_type'] +  mcsm_data['Position'].astype(str) + mcsm_data['Mutant_type']
 print('checking after populating:\n', mcsm_data['Mutationinformation']
       , '\n===================================================================')
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ else:
 #%%=========================================================================== 
 # create DUET_outcome column: classification based on DUET stability values
 print('Assigning col: DUET_outcome based on DUET stability values')
-
 print('Sanity check:')
 # count positive values in the DUET column
 c = mcsm_data[mcsm_data['DUET_change_kcalpermol']>=0].count()
diff --git a/mcsm/run_mcsm.py b/mcsm/run_mcsm.py
index 329e312..5e5decb 100755
--- a/mcsm/run_mcsm.py
+++ b/mcsm/run_mcsm.py
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ def write_result_url(holding_page, out_result_url):
     myfile.close()
     print(myfile)
 #    return url
-
-
-
 #=======================================================================
 #%% call functions
 mcsm_muts = format_data(infile_snps)