diff --git a/examples/peri/in.peri b/examples/peri/in.peri
index 2e3dc59f6c..73de29bf55 100644
--- a/examples/peri/in.peri
+++ b/examples/peri/in.peri
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ create_atoms    1 region target
 
 pair_style      peri/pmb
 pair_coeff      * * 1.6863e22 0.0015001 0.0005 0.25
-
 set             group all density 2200
 set             group all volume 1.25e-10
 velocity        all set 0.0 0.0 0.0 sum no units box