diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
index c0a84c52c..d27805d6d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
@@ -2041,6 +2041,7 @@ def update_task_data(
         mimetype="application/json",
     )
 
+
 def send_bpmn_event(process_instance_id: str, body: Dict) -> Response:
     process_instance = ProcessInstanceModel.query.filter(
         ProcessInstanceModel.id == int(process_instance_id)
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index adff3bbfc..f06d0c17d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -705,15 +705,17 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
                 db.session.delete(at)
             db.session.commit()
 
-    def serialize_task_spec(self, task_spec: SpiffTask) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    def serialize_task_spec(self, task_spec: SpiffTask) -> Any:
         return self._serializer.spec_converter.convert(task_spec)
 
-    def send_bpmn_event(self, event_data: dict[str,Any]) -> None:
+    def send_bpmn_event(self, event_data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         payload = event_data.pop("payload", None)
         event_definition = self._event_serializer.restore(event_data)
         if payload is not None:
             event_definition.payload = payload
-        current_app.logger.info(f"Event of type {event_definition.event_type} sent to process instance {self.process_instance_model.id}")
+        current_app.logger.info(
+            f"Event of type {event_definition.event_type} sent to process instance {self.process_instance_model.id}"
+        )
         self.bpmn_process_instance.catch(event_definition)
         self.do_engine_steps(save=True)
 
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py
index adee870fc..a83b998f8 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_service.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class ProcessInstanceService:
     def spiff_task_to_api_task(
         processor: ProcessInstanceProcessor,
         spiff_task: SpiffTask,
-        add_docs_and_forms: bool = False
+        add_docs_and_forms: bool = False,
     ) -> Task:
         """Spiff_task_to_api_task."""
         task_type = spiff_task.task_spec.spec_type