diff --git a/src/krkn_lib/k8s/krkn_kubernetes.py b/src/krkn_lib/k8s/krkn_kubernetes.py
index ae3bc1c4..6fa93d38 100644
--- a/src/krkn_lib/k8s/krkn_kubernetes.py
+++ b/src/krkn_lib/k8s/krkn_kubernetes.py
@@ -1935,10 +1935,10 @@ def get_kubernetes_core_objects_count(
                         query_params: List[str] = []
                         header_params: Dict[str, str] = {}
                         auth_settings = ["BearerToken"]
-                        header_params[
-                            "Accept"
-                        ] = api_client.select_header_accept(
-                            ["application/json"]
+                        header_params["Accept"] = (
+                            api_client.select_header_accept(
+                                ["application/json"]
+                            )
                         )
 
                         path = f"/api/{api_version}/{resource.name}"
@@ -2962,7 +2962,9 @@ def __monitor_pods_worker(
                     # sum the time elapsed waiting before the pod
                     # has been rescheduled (rescheduling time)
                     # to the effective recovery time of the pod
-                    result.pod_rescheduling_time = time.time() - start_time - result.pod_readiness_time
+                    result.pod_rescheduling_time = (
+                        time.time() - start_time - result.pod_readiness_time
+                    )
                     result.total_recovery_time = (
                         result.pod_readiness_time
                         + result.pod_rescheduling_time
@@ -3054,10 +3056,10 @@ def replace_service_selector(
                 header_params["Accept"] = self.api_client.select_header_accept(
                     ["application/json"]
                 )
-                header_params[
-                    "Content-Type"
-                ] = self.api_client.select_header_accept(
-                    ["application/json-patch+json"]
+                header_params["Content-Type"] = (
+                    self.api_client.select_header_accept(
+                        ["application/json-patch+json"]
+                    )
                 )
 
                 path = (
diff --git a/src/krkn_lib/tests/test_krkn_kubernetes.py b/src/krkn_lib/tests/test_krkn_kubernetes.py
index 855a7a2d..b018ec0d 100644
--- a/src/krkn_lib/tests/test_krkn_kubernetes.py
+++ b/src/krkn_lib/tests/test_krkn_kubernetes.py
@@ -894,6 +894,12 @@ def test_monitor_pods_by_label_no_pods_affected(self):
         self.deploy_delayed_readiness_pod(delayed_1, namespace, 0, label)
         self.deploy_delayed_readiness_pod(delayed_2, namespace, 0, label)
 
+        while not self.lib_k8s.is_pod_running(delayed_1, namespace) or (
+            not self.lib_k8s.is_pod_running(delayed_2, namespace)
+        ):
+            time.sleep(1)
+            continue
+
         monitor_timeout = 2
         pods_and_namespaces = self.lib_k8s.select_pods_by_label(
             f"test={label}"