diff --git a/memgpt/cli/cli_config.py b/memgpt/cli/cli_config.py
index 444f20d261..b29381e910 100644
--- a/memgpt/cli/cli_config.py
+++ b/memgpt/cli/cli_config.py
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ def add(
     ms = MetadataStore(config)
     if filename:  # read from file
         assert text is None, "Cannot specify both text and filename"
-        with open(filename, "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        with open(filename, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
             text = f.read()
     if option == "persona":
         persona = ms.get_persona(name=name, user_id=user_id)
diff --git a/memgpt/client/admin.py b/memgpt/client/admin.py
index c30f795d71..9446995230 100644
--- a/memgpt/client/admin.py
+++ b/memgpt/client/admin.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def _reset_server(self):
     # tools (currently only available for admin)
     def create_tool(self, name: str, file_path: str, source_type: Optional[str] = "python", tags: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> ToolModel:
         """Add a tool implemented in a file path"""
-        source_code = open(file_path, "r", encoding='utf-8').read()
+        source_code = open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
         data = {"name": name, "source_code": source_code, "source_type": source_type, "tags": tags}
         response = requests.post(f"{self.base_url}/api/tools", json=data, headers=self.headers)
         if response.status_code != 200:
diff --git a/memgpt/functions/functions.py b/memgpt/functions/functions.py
index e6097dea7c..c75c74a99c 100644
--- a/memgpt/functions/functions.py
+++ b/memgpt/functions/functions.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def write_function(module_name: str, function_name: str, function_code: str):
 
     # Write the function to a file
     file_path = os.path.join(USER_FUNCTIONS_DIR, f"{module_name}.py")
-    with open(file_path, "w", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         f.write(function_code)
     succ, error = validate_function(module_name, file_path)
 
diff --git a/memgpt/local_llm/llm_chat_completion_wrappers/configurable_wrapper.py b/memgpt/local_llm/llm_chat_completion_wrappers/configurable_wrapper.py
index cb8cb14caa..9d272449d5 100644
--- a/memgpt/local_llm/llm_chat_completion_wrappers/configurable_wrapper.py
+++ b/memgpt/local_llm/llm_chat_completion_wrappers/configurable_wrapper.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def save_to_yaml(self, file_path: str):
             "default_stop_sequences": self.default_stop_sequences,
         }
 
-        with open(file_path, "w", encoding='utf-8') as yaml_file:
+        with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as yaml_file:
             yaml.dump(data, yaml_file, default_flow_style=False)
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def load_from_yaml(file_path: str):
         Args:
             file_path (str): The path to the YAML file.
         """
-        with open(file_path, "r", encoding='utf-8') as yaml_file:
+        with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as yaml_file:
             data = yaml.safe_load(yaml_file)
 
         wrapper = ConfigurableJSONWrapper()
diff --git a/memgpt/presets/presets.py b/memgpt/presets/presets.py
index 919b36964f..fd5fe78556 100644
--- a/memgpt/presets/presets.py
+++ b/memgpt/presets/presets.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def add_default_tools(user_id: uuid.UUID, ms: MetadataStore):
 
 def add_default_humans_and_personas(user_id: uuid.UUID, ms: MetadataStore):
     for persona_file in list_persona_files():
-        text = open(persona_file, "r", encoding='utf-8').read()
+        text = open(persona_file, "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
         name = os.path.basename(persona_file).replace(".txt", "")
         if ms.get_persona(user_id=user_id, name=name) is not None:
             printd(f"Persona '{name}' already exists for user '{user_id}'")
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def add_default_humans_and_personas(user_id: uuid.UUID, ms: MetadataStore):
         persona = PersonaModel(name=name, text=text, user_id=user_id)
         ms.add_persona(persona)
     for human_file in list_human_files():
-        text = open(human_file, "r", encoding='utf-8').read()
+        text = open(human_file, "r", encoding="utf-8").read()
         name = os.path.basename(human_file).replace(".txt", "")
         if ms.get_human(user_id=user_id, name=name) is not None:
             printd(f"Human '{name}' already exists for user '{user_id}'")
diff --git a/memgpt/server/rest_api/server.py b/memgpt/server/rest_api/server.py
index 0399d0e60a..6e080c37a3 100644
--- a/memgpt/server/rest_api/server.py
+++ b/memgpt/server/rest_api/server.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def on_startup():
     memgpt_api = app.openapi_schema.copy()
     memgpt_api["paths"] = {key: value for key, value in memgpt_api["paths"].items() if not key.startswith(OPENAI_API_PREFIX)}
     memgpt_api["info"]["title"] = "MemGPT API"
-    with open("openapi_memgpt.json", "w", encoding='utf-8') as file:
+    with open("openapi_memgpt.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
         print(f"Writing out openapi_memgpt.json file")
         json.dump(memgpt_api, file, indent=2)
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def on_startup():
         if not (key.startswith(API_PREFIX) or key.startswith(ADMIN_PREFIX))
     }
     openai_assistants_api["info"]["title"] = "OpenAI Assistants API"
-    with open("openapi_assistants.json", "w", encoding='utf-8') as file:
+    with open("openapi_assistants.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as file:
         print(f"Writing out openapi_assistants.json file")
         json.dump(openai_assistants_api, file, indent=2)
 
diff --git a/memgpt/utils.py b/memgpt/utils.py
index a16f7cdeb4..1ff2c50862 100644
--- a/memgpt/utils.py
+++ b/memgpt/utils.py
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ def get_human_text(name: str, enforce_limit=True):
     for file_path in list_human_files():
         file = os.path.basename(file_path)
         if f"{name}.txt" == file or name == file:
-            human_text = open(file_path, "r", encoding='utf-8').read().strip()
+            human_text = open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8").read().strip()
             if enforce_limit and len(human_text) > CORE_MEMORY_HUMAN_CHAR_LIMIT:
                 raise ValueError(f"Contents of {name}.txt is over the character limit ({len(human_text)} > {CORE_MEMORY_HUMAN_CHAR_LIMIT})")
             return human_text
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ def get_persona_text(name: str, enforce_limit=True):
     for file_path in list_persona_files():
         file = os.path.basename(file_path)
         if f"{name}.txt" == file or name == file:
-            persona_text = open(file_path, "r", encoding='utf-8').read().strip()
+            persona_text = open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8").read().strip()
             if enforce_limit and len(persona_text) > CORE_MEMORY_PERSONA_CHAR_LIMIT:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Contents of {name}.txt is over the character limit ({len(persona_text)} > {CORE_MEMORY_PERSONA_CHAR_LIMIT})"
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ def get_human_text(name: str):
     for file_path in list_human_files():
         file = os.path.basename(file_path)
         if f"{name}.txt" == file or name == file:
-            return open(file_path, "r", encoding='utf-8').read().strip()
+            return open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8").read().strip()
 
 
 def get_schema_diff(schema_a, schema_b):