diff --git a/smac/__init__.py b/smac/__init__.py
index d29ce50c2..162eccc73 100644
--- a/smac/__init__.py
+++ b/smac/__init__.py
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@
     "Documentation": "https://automl.github.io/SMAC3/main",
     "Source Code": "https://github.com/automl/SMAC3",
 }
-copyright = f"""
-Copyright {datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y')}, Marius Lindauer, Katharina Eggensperger, 
-Matthias Feurer, André Biedenkapp, Difan Deng, Carolin Benjamins, Tim Ruhkopf, René Sass
-and Frank Hutter"""
+copyright = (
+    f"Copyright {datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y')}, Marius Lindauer, Katharina Eggensperger, "
+    "Matthias Feurer, André Biedenkapp, Difan Deng, Carolin Benjamins, Tim Ruhkopf, René Sass "
+    "and Frank Hutter"
+)
 version = "2.3.0"