diff --git a/geomagio/TimeseriesUtility.py b/geomagio/TimeseriesUtility.py
index 406200d5ef0b4a6551790ea4a8b6f17ed04cfb04..8cbce5eb0f5193da9e1b9c9c5829f21f65f85447 100644
--- a/geomagio/TimeseriesUtility.py
+++ b/geomagio/TimeseriesUtility.py
@@ -236,15 +236,16 @@ def merge_streams(*streams):
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+<<<<<<< HEAD
 >>>>>>> fixed rebasing issues
     # print('\n masked trace \n')
     # print(masked_trace)
     # trim masked trace to the same size as other traces and add back to merged stream
+=======
+>>>>>>> Fixed linting and spacing errors and cleaned up code
     if masked_trace:
-        masked_trace.trim(merged[0].stats.starttime,merged[0].stats.endtime)
+        masked_trace.trim(merged[0].stats.starttime, merged[0].stats.endtime)
         merged += masked_trace
-    # print('\n after merging masked trace back in \n')
-    # print(merged)
 
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diff --git a/test/TimeseriesUtility_test.py b/test/TimeseriesUtility_test.py
index 922e062ebc39352ebd8a343b4e01ace66bc9872b..644c7f76eaebdba2283b7a26bb0d23e591eecc17 100644
--- a/test/TimeseriesUtility_test.py
+++ b/test/TimeseriesUtility_test.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def test_get_merged_gaps():
     assert_equals(gap[0], UTCDateTime('2015-01-01T00:00:05Z'))
     assert_equals(gap[1], UTCDateTime('2015-01-01T00:00:07Z'))
 
+
 def test_merge_streams():
     """TimeseriesUtility_test.test_merge_streams()
 
@@ -128,26 +129,19 @@ def test_merge_streams():
     npts1 = len(trace1.data)
     npts2 = len(trace4.data)
     timeseries1 = Stream(traces=[trace1, trace2, trace3])
-    timeseries2 = Stream(traces=[trace4, trace5, trace6])    
+    timeseries2 = Stream(traces=[trace4, trace5, trace6])
     for trace in timeseries1:
         trace.stats.starttime = UTCDateTime('2018-01-01T00:00:00Z')
         trace.stats.npts = npts1
     for trace in timeseries2:
         trace.stats.starttime = UTCDateTime('2018-01-01T00:02:00Z')
         trace.stats.npts = npts2
-    print(timeseries1)
     Merged_streams1 = TimeseriesUtility.merge_streams(timeseries1)
-    print(Merged_streams1)
-    assert_equals(len(timeseries1),len(Merged_streams1))
-
+    # Make sure the empty 'F' was not removed from stream
+    assert_equals(len(timeseries1), len(Merged_streams1))
     # Merge multiple streams with overlapping timestamps
-
-
     timeseries = timeseries1 + timeseries2
-    print(timeseries)    
     Merged_streams = TimeseriesUtility.merge_streams(timeseries)
-    print('\n Merged Streams before clean \n')
-    print(Merged_streams)
-
-    assert_equals(len(Merged_streams),len(timeseries1))
-    assert_equals(Merged_streams[0])
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+    assert_equals(len(Merged_streams), len(timeseries1))
+    assert_equals(len(Merged_streams[0].data), 6)
+    assert_equals(len(Merged_streams[2]), 6)