diff --git a/bin/prepfiles.py b/bin/prepfiles.py
index abc1d631123dad5d28c5f587048c667f29bc47a2..d509d5331a62f723c6ce09d6f5e48197126b6075 100644
--- a/bin/prepfiles.py
+++ b/bin/prepfiles.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import
+from os import path
+import os
+import sys
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
-import sys
-from os import path
-import os
 from obspy.core import UTCDateTime
 
 # ensure geomag is on the path before importing
@@ -14,11 +13,13 @@ except ImportError:
     script_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(__file__))
     sys.path.append(path.normpath(path.join(script_dir, "..")))
 
-from geomagio.residual import WebAbsolutesFactory, CalFileFactory
-from geomagio.pcdcp.PCDCPFactory import PCDCPFactory, PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
 from geomagio.edge.EdgeFactory import EdgeFactory
+from geomagio.pcdcp import PCDCPFactory, PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
+from geomagio.residual import WebAbsolutesFactory, CalFileFactory
 
 CAL_FILENAME_FORMAT = "{OBSERVATORY}{YEAR}PCD.cal"
+MIN_TEMPLATE = "file://c:/USGSDCP/%(OBS)s/" + PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
+RAW_TEMPLATE = "file://c:/RAW/%(OBS)s/" + PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
 
 if len(sys.argv) != 4:
     cmd = sys.argv[0]
@@ -79,9 +80,6 @@ min_timeseries = edge_factory.get_timeseries(
     type="variation",
 )
 
-RAW_TEMPLATE = "file://c:/RAW/%(OBS)s/" + PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
-MIN_TEMPLATE = "file://c:/USGSDCP/%(OBS)s/" + PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
-
 raw_factory = PCDCPFactory(
     observatory=OBSERVATORY,
     channels=channels,
diff --git a/geomagio/pcdcp/__init__.py b/geomagio/pcdcp/__init__.py
index a391ac9c6f19e68c517f4fee2897a92d2a3bbcf8..fc819c4ab539afd1a2d8c19e3d8abfbb0a550dbb 100644
--- a/geomagio/pcdcp/__init__.py
+++ b/geomagio/pcdcp/__init__.py
@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from .PCDCPFactory import PCDCPFactory
+from .PCDCPFactory import PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN
 from .StreamPCDCPFactory import StreamPCDCPFactory
 from .PCDCPParser import PCDCPParser
 from .PCDCPWriter import PCDCPWriter
 
 
-__all__ = ["PCDCPFactory", "StreamPCDCPFactory", "PCDCPParser", "PCDCPWriter"]
+__all__ = [
+    "PCDCPFactory",
+    "PCDCP_FILE_PATTERN",
+    "StreamPCDCPFactory",
+    "PCDCPParser",
+    "PCDCPWriter",
+]