diff --git a/readseq.py b/readseq.py
index 1250567..eb6345f 100644
--- a/readseq.py
+++ b/readseq.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ def patterns():
     script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
     path = os.path.join(script_dir, 'nexus')
 
-
     genes = []
     data = {}
 #     print 'Reading nexus files...'