diff --git a/modules/local/samplesheet_check/main.nf b/modules/local/samplesheet_check/main.nf
index f0437a6..4fb60f8 100644
--- a/modules/local/samplesheet_check/main.nf
+++ b/modules/local/samplesheet_check/main.nf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // MIT: https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/blob/master/LICENSE
 //
 // Changes:
-// Added channel permissible_target_assemblies 
+// Added channel permissible_target_assemblies
 
 process SAMPLESHEET_CHECK {
     tag "$samplesheet"
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ process SAMPLESHEET_CHECK {
         python: \$(python --version | sed 's/Python //g')
     END_VERSIONS
     """
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/local/validate_params.nf b/modules/local/validate_params.nf
index f6ce18a..460ce80 100644
--- a/modules/local/validate_params.nf
+++ b/modules/local/validate_params.nf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 def validateParams(params) {
     validateFastaTags(params)
-    
+
     if (!params['repeat_annotator']) {
         error "Error: repeat_annotator must be either 'repeatmodeler' or 'edta'"
     }
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def validateParams(params) {
     if ( !(params['repeat_annotator'] in ['repeatmodeler', 'edta']) ) {
         error "Error: repeat_annotator must be either 'repeatmodeler' or 'edta'"
     }
-    
+
     validateTETags(params)
     validateTEFastaCorrespondence(params)
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def validateTEFastaCorrespondence(params) {
     if(!params["te_libraries"]) {
         return
     }
-    
+
     def listOfTETuples   = params["te_libraries"]
     def listOfFastaTuples   = params["target_assemblies"]
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def validateTEFastaCorrespondence(params) {
 def validateRiboDBManifest(params) {
     if (params.remove_ribo_rna) {
         file_ribo_db = file(params.ribo_database_manifest, checkIfExists: true)
-        
+
         if (file_ribo_db.isEmpty()) {exit 1, "File provided with --ribo_database_manifest is empty: ${file_ribo_db.getName()}!"}
     }
 }
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ def validateLiftoffXrefs(params) {
 
 def isNotListOfLists(thisOne, subListSize) {
     return (!(thisOne instanceof List) || thisOne.isEmpty() || thisOne.any { !(it instanceof List) || it.size() != subListSize })
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}