diff --git a/tractor/_root.py b/tractor/_root.py
index 78a1be56..a70f1c39 100644
--- a/tractor/_root.py
+++ b/tractor/_root.py
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ async def maybe_block_bp(
             os.environ.pop('PYTHONBREAKPOINT', None)
 
 
-
 @acm
 async def open_root_actor(
     *,
@@ -186,6 +185,7 @@ async def open_root_actor(
     # enables the multi-process debugger support
     debug_mode: bool = False,
     maybe_enable_greenback: bool = False,  # `.pause_from_sync()/breakpoint()` support
+
     # ^XXX NOTE^ the perf implications of use,
     # https://greenback.readthedocs.io/en/latest/principle.html#performance
     enable_stack_on_sig: bool = False,
diff --git a/tractor/runtime/_state.py b/tractor/runtime/_state.py
index 11e0c0fd..1c019c76 100644
--- a/tractor/runtime/_state.py
+++ b/tractor/runtime/_state.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ _RUNTIME_VARS_DEFAULTS: dict[str, Any] = {
     # `debug_mode: bool` settings
     '_debug_mode': False,  # bool
     'repl_fixture': False,  # |AbstractContextManager[bool]
-    
+
     'use_greenback': False,  # `.pause_from_sync()`/`breakpoint()`
     'use_stackscope': False,  # trio-task-stack dumps on SIGUSR1