diff --git a/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py b/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py
index 6cc4023d..fc2eae21 100644
--- a/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py
+++ b/helpdesk/templatetags/ticket_to_link.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def num_to_link(text):
         if ticket:
             style = ticket.get_status_display()
             text = "%s <a href='%s' class='ticket_link_status ticket_link_status_%s'>#%s</a>%s" % (
-                text[:match.start()+1], url, style, match.groups()[0], text[match.end():])
+                text[:match.start() + 1], url, style, match.groups()[0], text[match.end():])
     return mark_safe(text)
 
 register = template.Library()
diff --git a/helpdesk/tests/test_ticket_actions.py b/helpdesk/tests/test_ticket_actions.py
index ca183c1d..7058ca03 100644
--- a/helpdesk/tests/test_ticket_actions.py
+++ b/helpdesk/tests/test_ticket_actions.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ except ImportError:  # python 2
 
 from helpdesk.templatetags.ticket_to_link import num_to_link
 
+
 class TicketActionsTestCase(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['emailtemplate.json']
 
@@ -122,13 +123,13 @@ class TicketActionsTestCase(TestCase):
         }
         response = self.client.post(reverse('helpdesk:update', kwargs={'ticket_id': ticket_id}), post_data, follow=True)
         self.assertContains(response, 'Changed Status from Open to Closed')
-        
+
     def test_num_to_link(self):
         """Test that we are correctly expanding links to tickets from IDs"""
-        
+
         # make staff user
         self.loginUser()
-        
+
         initial_data = {
             'title': 'Some private ticket',
             'queue': self.queue_public,
@@ -139,11 +140,11 @@ class TicketActionsTestCase(TestCase):
         # create ticket
         ticket = Ticket.objects.create(**initial_data)
         ticket_id = ticket.id
-        
+
         # generate the URL text
         result = num_to_link('this is ticket#%s' % ticket_id)
         self.assertEqual(result, "this is ticket <a href='/helpdesk/tickets/%s/' class='ticket_link_status ticket_link_status_Open'>#%s</a>" % (ticket_id, ticket_id))
-        
+
         result2 = num_to_link('whoa another ticket is here #%s huh' % ticket_id)
         self.assertEqual(result2, "whoa another ticket is here  <a href='/helpdesk/tickets/%s/' class='ticket_link_status ticket_link_status_Open'>#%s</a> huh" % (ticket_id, ticket_id))