diff --git a/pipit/readers/otf2_reader.py b/pipit/readers/otf2_reader.py
index b1fae889..c04f1c7b 100644
--- a/pipit/readers/otf2_reader.py
+++ b/pipit/readers/otf2_reader.py
@@ -316,9 +316,8 @@ def events_reader(self, rank_size):
                                 if value is not None and key != "time":
                                     # uses field_to_val to convert all data types
                                     # and ensure that there are no pickling errors
-                                    attributes_dict[
-                                        self.field_to_val(key)
-                                    ] = self.handle_data(value)
+                                    attributes_dict[self.field_to_val(key)]
+                                    = self.handle_data(value)
                             event_attributes.append(attributes_dict)
                         else:
                             # nan attributes for leave rows