diff --git a/continuous_integration/scripts/render-template.py b/continuous_integration/scripts/render-template.py
index eebe8bf0..c5c52670 100755
--- a/continuous_integration/scripts/render-template.py
+++ b/continuous_integration/scripts/render-template.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 import re
 
-
 # TODO: make this work for arbitrary context. ie. implement replace_using_context()
 def replace_placeholder(source_str, variable_name, variable_value):
     # Escaping any regex special characters in variable_name
@@ -14,41 +13,31 @@ def replace_placeholder(source_str, variable_name, variable_value):
     # Using regular expression to replace ${variable_name} with actual variable_value
     # \s* means any amount of whitespace (including none)
     # pattern = rf'\$\{{\s*\{{\s*{variable_name_escaped}\s*\}}\s*\}}'
-    pattern = rf"<<\s*{variable_name_escaped}\s*>>"
+    pattern = rf'<<\s*{variable_name_escaped}\s*>>'
     return re.sub(pattern, variable_value.strip(), source_str)
 
-
 # Setup command-line argument parsing
-parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-    description="Render a Jinja2 template using a JSON context."
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "template_file",
-    type=str,
-    help="Path to the Jinja2 template file (with .j2 extension).",
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "json_file", type=str, help="Path to the JSON file to use as the rendering context."
-)
-parser.add_argument("output_file", type=str, help="Path to the output file.")
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Render a Jinja2 template using a JSON context.')
+parser.add_argument('template_file', type=str, help='Path to the Jinja2 template file (with .j2 extension).')
+parser.add_argument('json_file', type=str, help='Path to the JSON file to use as the rendering context.')
+parser.add_argument('output_file', type=str, help='Path to the output file.')
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 # Load JSON file as the rendering context
-with open(args.json_file, "r") as file:
+with open(args.json_file, 'r') as file:
     context = json.load(file)
 
 # Setup Jinja2 environment and load the template
 env = Environment(
-    loader=FileSystemLoader(searchpath="./"),
-    variable_start_string="<<",
-    variable_end_string=">>",
-    block_start_string="<%",
-    block_end_string="%>",
-    comment_start_string="<#",
-    comment_end_string="#>",
-)
-env.filters["replace_placeholder"] = replace_placeholder
+    loader=FileSystemLoader(searchpath='./'),
+    variable_start_string='<<',
+    variable_end_string='>>',
+    block_start_string='<%',
+    block_end_string='%>',
+    comment_start_string='<#',
+    comment_end_string='#>')
+env.filters['replace_placeholder'] = replace_placeholder
 
 template = env.get_template(args.template_file)
 
@@ -56,7 +45,7 @@ def replace_placeholder(source_str, variable_name, variable_value):
 rendered_content = template.render(context)
 # print(rendered_content)
 
-with open(args.output_file, "w") as file:
+with open(args.output_file, 'w') as file:
     file.write(rendered_content)
 
-print(f"Template rendered successfully. Output saved to {args.output_file}")
+print(f'Template rendered successfully. Output saved to {args.output_file}')