diff --git a/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py b/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py
index 4a82c8135efc602c4086d88cd3a3856f98e3a1a4..7ec167f24f58f1efda8f7f3cab57a3e9baa6a5d6 100644
--- a/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py
+++ b/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py
@@ -181,11 +181,9 @@ class GOESIMFV283Factory(IMFV283Factory):
         buf.append('RETRANSMITTED: N\n')
         buf.append('ASCENDING_TIME: false\n')
         buf.append('RT_SETTLE_DELAY: true\n')
-        
         criteria_dir = os.path.dirname(criteria_file)
         if not os.path.exists(criteria_dir):
             os.makedirs(criteria_dir)
-
         with open(criteria_file, 'wb') as fh:
             fh.write(''.join(buf))
             fh.close()