diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 77a2a15c..a1b21468 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ check: check-src check-tests check-version
 ## check-src:                   runs linters (source only, no tests)
 .PHONY: check-src
 check-src:
-	black --line-length 100 ${PACKAGE_NAME} --check --exclude ${PACKAGE_NAME}/api
+	black --line-length 100 ${PACKAGE_NAME} --check
 	flake8 ${PACKAGE_NAME}
 	mypy ${PACKAGE_NAME} --ignore-missing-imports --install-types --non-interactive --implicit-optional
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ check-tests:
 ## tidy:                        run black
 .PHONY: tidy
 tidy:
-	black --line-length 100 ${PACKAGE_NAME} --exclude ${PACKAGE_NAME}/api
+	black --line-length 100 ${PACKAGE_NAME}
 	black --line-length 100 test_${PIPELINE_PACKAGE} scripts/smoketest.py
 
 ## check-scripts:               run shellcheck
diff --git a/prepline_general/api/app.py b/prepline_general/api/app.py
index 9220f4ea..fab5381d 100644
--- a/prepline_general/api/app.py
+++ b/prepline_general/api/app.py
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@
 async def http_error_handler(request: Request, e: HTTPException):
     logger.error(e.detail)
 
-    return JSONResponse(
-        status_code=e.status_code,
-        content={"detail": e.detail}
-    )
+    return JSONResponse(status_code=e.status_code, content={"detail": e.detail})
 
 
 # Note(austin) - Convert any other errors to HTTPException
@@ -48,10 +45,7 @@ async def error_handler(request: Request, e: Exception):
 
     logger.error(trace)
 
-    error = HTTPException(
-        status_code=500,
-        detail=str(e)
-    )
+    error = HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=str(e))
 
     return await http_error_handler(request, error)
 
@@ -85,6 +79,7 @@ def filter(self, record: logging.LogRecord) -> bool:
 logging.getLogger("uvicorn.access").addFilter(HealthCheckFilter())
 logging.getLogger("uvicorn.access").addFilter(MetricsCheckFilter())
 
+
 @app.get("/healthcheck", status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK, include_in_schema=False)
 def healthcheck(request: Request):
     return {"healthcheck": "HEALTHCHECK STATUS: EVERYTHING OK!"}
diff --git a/prepline_general/api/general.py b/prepline_general/api/general.py
index 58d809da..aa614cf9 100644
--- a/prepline_general/api/general.py
+++ b/prepline_general/api/general.py
@@ -277,13 +277,11 @@ def pipeline_api(
             # This will raise if the file is encrypted
             pdf.metadata
         except pypdf.errors.EmptyFileError:
-            raise HTTPException(
-                status_code=400, detail=f"File does not appear to be a valid PDF"
-            )
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="File does not appear to be a valid PDF")
         except pypdf.errors.FileNotDecryptedError:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=400,
-                detail=f"File is encrypted. Please decrypt it with password.",
+                detail="File is encrypted. Please decrypt it with password.",
             )
 
     strategy = (m_strategy[0] if len(m_strategy) else "auto").lower()
@@ -332,19 +330,30 @@ def pipeline_api(
         m_skip_infer_table_types[0] if len(m_skip_infer_table_types) else ["pdf", "jpg", "png"]
     )
 
-    chunking_strategy = (m_chunking_strategy[0].lower() if len(m_chunking_strategy) else None)
+    chunking_strategy = m_chunking_strategy[0].lower() if len(m_chunking_strategy) else None
     chunk_strategies = ["by_title"]
     if chunking_strategy and (chunking_strategy not in chunk_strategies):
         raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=400, detail=f"Invalid chunking strategy: {chunking_strategy}. Must be one of {chunk_strategies}"
+            status_code=400,
+            detail=f"Invalid chunking strategy: {chunking_strategy}. Must be one of {chunk_strategies}",
         )
-    
-    multipage_sections_str = (m_multipage_sections[0] if len(m_multipage_sections) else "false").lower()
+
+    multipage_sections_str = (
+        m_multipage_sections[0] if len(m_multipage_sections) else "false"
+    ).lower()
     multipage_sections = multipage_sections_str == "true"
 
-    combine_under_n_chars = (int(m_combine_under_n_chars[0]) if m_combine_under_n_chars and m_combine_under_n_chars[0].isdigit() else 500)
+    combine_under_n_chars = (
+        int(m_combine_under_n_chars[0])
+        if m_combine_under_n_chars and m_combine_under_n_chars[0].isdigit()
+        else 500
+    )
 
-    new_after_n_chars = (int(m_new_after_n_chars[0]) if m_new_after_n_chars and m_new_after_n_chars[0].isdigit() else 1500)
+    new_after_n_chars = (
+        int(m_new_after_n_chars[0])
+        if m_new_after_n_chars and m_new_after_n_chars[0].isdigit()
+        else 1500
+    )
 
     try:
         logger.debug(
@@ -477,9 +486,7 @@ def get_validated_mimetype(file):
         if content_type not in allowed_mimetypes:
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=400,
-                detail=(
-                    f"File type {content_type} is not supported."
-                ),
+                detail=(f"File type {content_type} is not supported."),
             )
 
     return content_type