diff --git a/graphiti_core/driver/driver.py b/graphiti_core/driver/driver.py
index 7be689b4..9c8f1642 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/driver/driver.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/driver/driver.py
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ class GraphDriverSession(ABC):
 
 class GraphDriver(ABC):
     provider: str
-    fulltext_syntax: str = '' # Neo4j (default) syntax does not require a prefix for fulltext queries
+    fulltext_syntax: str = (
+        ''  # Neo4j (default) syntax does not require a prefix for fulltext queries
+    )
 
     @abstractmethod
     def execute_query(self, cypher_query_: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Coroutine:
diff --git a/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py b/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py
index ed7431e9..ac71c402 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/driver/falkordb_driver.py
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class FalkorDriver(GraphDriver):
             self._database = database
 
         self.fulltext_syntax = '@'  # FalkorDB uses a redisearch-like syntax for fulltext queries see https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/ai/search-and-query/query/full-text/
-        
 
     def _get_graph(self, graph_name: str | None) -> FalkorGraph:
         # FalkorDB requires a non-None database name for multi-tenant graphs; the default is "default_db"
diff --git a/graphiti_core/helpers.py b/graphiti_core/helpers.py
index 855b364d..ae311a08 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/helpers.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/helpers.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def parse_db_date(neo_date: neo4j_time.DateTime | str | None) -> datetime | None
         else None
     )
 
+
 def get_default_group_id(db_type: str) -> str:
     """
     This function differentiates the default group id based on the database type.
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def get_default_group_id(db_type: str) -> str:
     else:
         return ''
 
+
 def lucene_sanitize(query: str) -> str:
     # Escape special characters from a query before passing into Lucene
     # + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ /
diff --git a/graphiti_core/search/search_utils.py b/graphiti_core/search/search_utils.py
index f5eab407..59feb698 100644
--- a/graphiti_core/search/search_utils.py
+++ b/graphiti_core/search/search_utils.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ MAX_QUERY_LENGTH = 32
 
 def fulltext_query(query: str, group_ids: list[str] | None = None, fulltext_syntax: str = ''):
     group_ids_filter_list = (
-        [fulltext_syntax + f"group_id:'{lucene_sanitize(g)}'" for g in group_ids] if group_ids is not None else []
+        [fulltext_syntax + f"group_id:'{lucene_sanitize(g)}'" for g in group_ids]
+        if group_ids is not None
+        else []
     )
     group_ids_filter = ''
     for f in group_ids_filter_list: