diff --git a/tests/general/test_pep8.py b/tests/general/test_pep8.py
index fa2c8ea..38cc521 100644
--- a/tests/general/test_pep8.py
+++ b/tests/general/test_pep8.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ import pycodestyle
 def test_pep8_conformance():
     """Test that we conform to PEP8."""
     pep8style = pycodestyle.StyleGuide()
-    dirs = ["./controllers", "./models", "./scripts", "./tests"]
+    dirs = ["./controllers", "./models", "./scripts", "./tests", "./utils"]
     result = pep8style.check_files(dirs)
     assert result.total_errors == 0
diff --git a/utils/file_utils.py b/utils/file_utils.py
index be1830e..cf5c3a8 100644
--- a/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def allowed_file(filename) -> bool:
     return '.' in filename and \
            filename.rsplit('.', 1)[1].lower() in ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS
 
+
 def save_image(file) -> str | None:
     """ Saves a given file to disk with a random UUID4 generated
         filename. Returns the filename as a string.
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ def save_image(file) -> str | None:
     file.save(os.path.join(path, filename))
     return filename
 
+
 def create_directory(dir: str):
     """ Creates the given directory string is not alreay made """
     try:
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ def create_directory(dir: str):
     except FileExistsError:
         pass
 
+
 def remove_file(dir: str):
     """ Removes a given file if it is present at the given dir """
     try:
diff --git a/utils/user_utils.py b/utils/user_utils.py
index 52c06df..6a5f973 100644
--- a/utils/user_utils.py
+++ b/utils/user_utils.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ from flask import session
 from models.users.user import User
 from controllers.database.user import UserController
 
+
 def is_logged_in() -> User | None:
     """ Returns the user object if the user is logged in
         Otherwise returns a None type
      """
     user_id = session.get('user_id')
-    
+
     if user_id is not None:
         db = UserController()
         return db.read_id(user_id)
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ def is_role(role: str) -> bool:
         return user.role == role
 
     # User isn't logged in
-    return False
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+    return False