diff --git a/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py b/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py
index c7d471b4b84c1807fabddb319b11fe162e168811..88af19678e06353d9decf6e5bd01d19a3cf52c38 100644
--- a/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py
+++ b/geomagio/imfv283/GOESIMFV283Factory.py
@@ -181,9 +181,7 @@ class GOESIMFV283Factory(IMFV283Factory):
         buf.append('RETRANSMITTED: N\n')
         buf.append('ASCENDING_TIME: false\n')
         buf.append('RT_SETTLE_DELAY: true\n')
-        
         if os.path.exists(criteria_file) is not True: return
-
         with open(criteria_file, 'wb') as fh:
             fh.write(''.join(buf))
             fh.close()
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