diff --git a/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/abstract/AbstractActuator.py b/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/abstract/AbstractActuator.py
index 336de20a91..e85b22ec51 100644
--- a/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/abstract/AbstractActuator.py
+++ b/mxcubecore/HardwareObjects/abstract/AbstractActuator.py
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 import math
 from ast import literal_eval
 
-from mxcubecore.BaseHardwareObjects import HardwareObject
 from gevent.lock import RLock
 
+from mxcubecore.BaseHardwareObjects import HardwareObject
+
 __copyright__ = """ Copyright © 2010-2022 by the MXCuBE collaboration """
 __license__ = "LGPLv3+"