diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/user.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/user.py
index 5a6bb6f2cb6f..0547fec8aa45 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/user.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/user.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from forum import api as forum_api
 from forum.utils import ForumV2RequestError
 
+
 class User(models.Model):
 
     accessible_fields = [
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ def _retrieve(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             response = forum_api.retrieve_user(self.attributes["id"], retrieve_params)
         except ForumV2RequestError as e:
-                raise str(e)
+            raise str(e)
         self._update_from_response(response)
 
     def retire(self, retired_username):
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/utils.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/utils.py
index 6477267a982d..4f7f5580a179 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/django_comment_common/comment_client/utils.py
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ def _get_comment_service_url(url):
     return url.replace(PREFIX, COMMENTS_SERVICE_PREFIX)
 
 
-def perform_request(method, url, data_or_params=None, raw=False,
-                    metric_action=None, metric_tags=None, paged_results=False):
+def perform_request(
+    method,
+    url,
+    data_or_params=None,
+    raw=False,
+    metric_action=None,
+    metric_tags=None,
+    paged_results=False,
+):
     # To avoid dependency conflict
     from openedx.core.djangoapps.django_comment_common.models import ForumsConfig
     config = ForumsConfig.current()
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ def perform_request(method, url, data_or_params=None, raw=False,
     log.info(
         """
         ======> FORUM <======
-        
+
         method: {method}
         url: {url}
         params: {params}