diff --git a/piker/clearing/_ems.py b/piker/clearing/_ems.py
index 1f3c52cb..477da310 100644
--- a/piker/clearing/_ems.py
+++ b/piker/clearing/_ems.py
@@ -1451,7 +1451,8 @@ async def _emsd_main(
     ) as (relay, feed, client_ready):
 
         brokerd_stream = relay.brokerd_stream
-        dark_book = _router.get_dark_book(broker) 
+        dark_book = _router.get_dark_book(broker)
+
         # signal to client that we're started and deliver
         # all known pps and accounts for this ``brokerd``.
         await ems_ctx.started((
diff --git a/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py b/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
index 5b1453a8..4b226c1c 100644
--- a/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
+++ b/piker/clearing/_paper_engine.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from typing import (
     Callable,
 )
 import uuid
+
 from bidict import bidict
 import pendulum
 import trio
@@ -249,7 +250,6 @@ class PaperBoi(Struct):
             )
             await self.ems_trades_stream.send(msg)
 
-        # lookup any existing position
         key = fqsn.rstrip(f'.{self.broker}')
         t = Transaction(
             fqsn=fqsn,
diff --git a/piker/config.py b/piker/config.py
index abcbb652..6a76410e 100644
--- a/piker/config.py
+++ b/piker/config.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from .log import get_logger
 
 log = get_logger('broker-config')
 
+
 # taken from ``click`` since apparently they have some
 # super weirdness with sigint and sudo..no clue
 def get_app_dir(app_name, roaming=True, force_posix=False):
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ def get_app_dir(app_name, roaming=True, force_posix=False):
             os.path.expanduser("~/.{}".format(_posixify(app_name))))
     if sys.platform == "darwin":
         return os.path.join(
-            os.path.expanduser("~/Los.mkdir(_config_dir)ibrary/Application Support"), app_name
+            os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Application Support"), app_name
         )
     return os.path.join(
         os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", os.path.expanduser("~/.config")),
diff --git a/piker/pp.py b/piker/pp.py
index 756d9811..33086ba1 100644
--- a/piker/pp.py
+++ b/piker/pp.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from typing import (
     Union,
     Generator
 )
-from typing import Generator
 
 import pendulum
 from pendulum import datetime, now
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 def open_trade_ledger(
     broker: str,
     account: str,
+
 ) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
     '''
     Indempotently create and read in a trade log file from the
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def open_trade_ledger(
         ledger = tomli.load(cf)
         print(f'Ledger load took {time.time() - start}s')
         cpy = ledger.copy()
+
     try:
         yield cpy
     finally:
@@ -544,6 +545,7 @@ class PpTable(Struct):
 
         pps = self.pps
         updated: dict[str, Position] = {} 
+
         # lifo update all pps from records
         for tid, t in trans.items():
 
@@ -680,6 +682,7 @@ class PpTable(Struct):
         # TODO: show diff output?
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12956957/print-diff-of-python-dictionaries
         print(f'Updating ``pps.toml`` for {path}:\n')
+
         # active, closed_pp_objs = table.dump_active()
         pp_entries = self.to_toml()
         self.conf[self.brokername][self.acctid] = pp_entries
@@ -975,7 +978,6 @@ def open_pps(
         pp.ensure_state()
 
     try:
-#        breakpoint()
         yield table
     finally:
         if write_on_exit: