diff --git a/core/lib/opensearch.py b/core/lib/opensearch.py
index d72bd89..41b91df 100644
--- a/core/lib/opensearch.py
+++ b/core/lib/opensearch.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ from opensearchpy import OpenSearch
 def initialise_opensearch():
     auth = (settings.OPENSEARCH_USERNAME, settings.OPENSEARCH_PASSWORD)
     client = OpenSearch(
+        # fmt: off
         hosts=[{"host": settings.OPENSEARCH_URL,
-            "port": settings.OPENSEARCH_PORT}],
+                "port": settings.OPENSEARCH_PORT}],
         http_compress=False,  # enables gzip compression for request bodies
         http_auth=auth,
         # client_cert = client_cert_path,
@@ -35,5 +36,7 @@ def construct_query(query):
 
 def run_main_query(client, query):
     search_query = construct_query(query)
-    response = client.search(body=search_query, index=settings.OPENSEARCH_INDEX_MAIN)
+    # fmt: off
+    response = client.search(body=search_query,
+                             index=settings.OPENSEARCH_INDEX_MAIN)
     return response