diff --git a/adam-core/src/main/scala/org/bdgenomics/adam/rdd/contig/NucleotideContigFragmentRDD.scala b/adam-core/src/main/scala/org/bdgenomics/adam/rdd/contig/NucleotideContigFragmentRDD.scala
index ba1d307b7a..64020c0cc4 100644
--- a/adam-core/src/main/scala/org/bdgenomics/adam/rdd/contig/NucleotideContigFragmentRDD.scala
+++ b/adam-core/src/main/scala/org/bdgenomics/adam/rdd/contig/NucleotideContigFragmentRDD.scala
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ case class ParquetUnboundNucleotideContigFragmentRDD private[rdd] (
 }
 
 case class DatasetBoundNucleotideContigFragmentRDD private[rdd] (
-    dataset: Dataset[NucleotideContigFragmentProduct],
-    sequences: SequenceDictionary) extends NucleotideContigFragmentRDD
+  dataset: Dataset[NucleotideContigFragmentProduct],
+  sequences: SequenceDictionary) extends NucleotideContigFragmentRDD
     with DatasetBoundGenomicDataset[NucleotideContigFragment, NucleotideContigFragmentProduct, NucleotideContigFragmentRDD] {
 
   lazy val rdd: RDD[NucleotideContigFragment] = dataset.rdd.map(_.toAvro)
diff --git a/adam-python/bdgenomics/adam/rdd.py b/adam-python/bdgenomics/adam/rdd.py
index d739caee76..7250fccd95 100644
--- a/adam-python/bdgenomics/adam/rdd.py
+++ b/adam-python/bdgenomics/adam/rdd.py
@@ -61,14 +61,15 @@ def persist(self, sl):
         :return: Returns a new, persisted RDD.
         """
 
-        jsl = self.sc._jvm.org.apache.spark.api.java.StorageLevels.create(sl.useDisk, \
-            sl.useMemory, \
-            sl.useOffHeap, \
-            sl.deserialized, \
-            sl.replication)
+        jsl = self.sc._jvm.org.apache.spark.api.java.StorageLevels.create(sl.useDisk,
+                                                                          sl.useMemory,
+                                                                          sl.useOffHeap,
+                                                                          sl.deserialized,
+                                                                          sl.replication)
 
         return self._replaceRdd(self._jvmRdd.persist(jsl))
 
+
     def unpersist(self):
         """
         Unpersists underlying RDD from memory or disk.