diff --git a/docs/02_dynamic_routes.ipynb b/docs/02_dynamic_routes.ipynb
index 61456a07cd961cd9ae6c08b0a65107f3c2e4e94e..2ffc0ce0920f3d18bcfbf6c6288a45205ded9b93 100644
--- a/docs/02_dynamic_routes.ipynb
+++ b/docs/02_dynamic_routes.ipynb
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@
     "from datetime import datetime\n",
     "from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo\n",
     "\n",
+    "\n",
     "def get_time(timezone: str) -> str:\n",
     "    \"\"\"Finds the current time in a specific timezone.\n",
-    "    \n",
+    "\n",
     "    :param timezone: The timezone to find the current time in, should\n",
     "        be a valid timezone from the IANA Time Zone Database like\n",
     "        \"America/New_York\" or \"Europe/London\".\n",
@@ -219,9 +220,9 @@
     "    utterances=[\n",
     "        \"what is the time in new york city?\",\n",
     "        \"what is the time in london?\",\n",
-    "        \"I live in Rome, what time is it?\"\n",
+    "        \"I live in Rome, what time is it?\",\n",
     "    ],\n",
-    "    function_schema=schema\n",
+    "    function_schema=schema,\n",
     ")"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/semantic_router/layer.py b/semantic_router/layer.py
index da25f8289bcd29f81a1e4c6a26205396957d1bd5..bd48f77f1f35eb260543448a9fd0fedfb62aaa13 100644
--- a/semantic_router/layer.py
+++ b/semantic_router/layer.py
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ class LayerConfig:
                 encoder_name = layer["encoder_name"]
                 routes = [Route.from_dict(route) for route in layer["routes"]]
                 return cls(
-                    encoder_type=encoder_type,
-                    encoder_name=encoder_name,
-                    routes=routes
+                    encoder_type=encoder_type, encoder_name=encoder_name, routes=routes
                 )
             else:
                 raise Exception("Invalid config JSON or YAML")
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ class LayerConfig:
         return {
             "encoder_type": self.encoder_type,
             "encoder_name": self.encoder_name,
-            "routes": [route.to_dict() for route in self.routes]
+            "routes": [route.to_dict() for route in self.routes],
         }
 
     def to_file(self, path: str):
@@ -145,9 +143,7 @@ class RouteLayer:
     score_threshold: float = 0.82
 
     def __init__(
-        self,
-        encoder: BaseEncoder | None = None,
-        routes: list[Route] | None = None
+        self, encoder: BaseEncoder | None = None, routes: list[Route] | None = None
     ):
         logger.info("Initializing RouteLayer")
         self.index = None
@@ -177,46 +173,30 @@ class RouteLayer:
         else:
             # if no route passes threshold, return empty route choice
             return RouteChoice()
-        
+
     def __str__(self):
-        return (f"RouteLayer(encoder={self.encoder}, "
-                f"score_threshold={self.score_threshold}, "
-                f"routes={self.routes})")
+        return (
+            f"RouteLayer(encoder={self.encoder}, "
+            f"score_threshold={self.score_threshold}, "
+            f"routes={self.routes})"
+        )
 
     @classmethod
     def from_json(cls, file_path: str):
         config = LayerConfig.from_file(file_path)
-        encoder = Encoder(
-            type=config.encoder_type,
-            name=config.encoder_name
-        )
-        return cls(
-            encoder=encoder,
-            routes=config.routes
-        )
+        encoder = Encoder(type=config.encoder_type, name=config.encoder_name)
+        return cls(encoder=encoder, routes=config.routes)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_yaml(cls, file_path: str):
         config = LayerConfig.from_file(file_path)
-        encoder = Encoder(
-            type=config.encoder_type,
-            name=config.encoder_name
-        )
-        return cls(
-            encoder=encoder,
-            routes=config.routes
-        )
-    
+        encoder = Encoder(type=config.encoder_type, name=config.encoder_name)
+        return cls(encoder=encoder, routes=config.routes)
+
     @classmethod
     def from_config(cls, config: LayerConfig):
-        encoder = Encoder(
-            type=config.encoder_type,
-            name=config.encoder_name
-        )
-        return cls(
-            encoder=encoder,
-            routes=config.routes
-        )
+        encoder = Encoder(type=config.encoder_type, name=config.encoder_name)
+        return cls(encoder=encoder, routes=config.routes)
 
     def add(self, route: Route):
         print(f"Adding route `{route.name}`")
@@ -311,12 +291,12 @@ class RouteLayer:
             return max(scores) > threshold
         else:
             return False
-        
+
     def to_config(self) -> LayerConfig:
         return LayerConfig(
             encoder_type=self.encoder.type,
             encoder_name=self.encoder.name,
-            routes=self.routes
+            routes=self.routes,
         )
 
     def to_json(self, file_path: str):
diff --git a/semantic_router/route.py b/semantic_router/route.py
index af75b21178f77a60a5a450f88928a0baae035663..1fa3291a56d3d44fc6ea98f8944c03bd6a084027 100644
--- a/semantic_router/route.py
+++ b/semantic_router/route.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def is_valid(route_config: str) -> bool:
         logger.error(e)
         return False
 
+
 class Route(BaseModel):
     name: str
     utterances: list[str]
@@ -53,10 +54,7 @@ class Route(BaseModel):
         else:
             # otherwise we just pass None for the call
             func_call = None
-        return RouteChoice(
-            name=self.name,
-            function_call=func_call
-        )
+        return RouteChoice(name=self.name, function_call=func_call)
 
     def to_dict(self):
         return self.dict()
@@ -126,5 +124,3 @@ class Route(BaseModel):
         if is_valid(route_config):
             return Route.from_dict(json.loads(route_config))
         raise Exception("No config generated")
-
-
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_layer.py b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
index 873e488a3b66f3a84ea58ad3658604be669b6e36..386edf6d1a102a53c6c6a577ebba229d4f4051b1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_layer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def layer_json():
     ]
 }"""
 
+
 def layer_yaml():
     return """encoder_name: embed-english-v3.0
 encoder_type: cohere
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ routes:
   - how are things going?
     """
 
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def base_encoder():
     return BaseEncoder(name="test-encoder")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_route.py b/tests/unit/test_route.py
index 4e19db24f7b0023c2f37e5ba20e014d29a1565d1..2843ae4065a2ac75498a4e4f29f056b5be21fb00 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_route.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_route.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import os
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, mock_open, patch
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_schema.py b/tests/unit/test_schema.py
index 46799ee8fc7e8be1f92622fc59b1880a1166b2b6..97b5028e448ea4683c2df09aa93c8946447c8b28 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_schema.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
 
-from semantic_router.route import Route
 from semantic_router.schema import (
     CohereEncoder,
     Encoder,