diff --git a/src/neighbor.cpp b/src/neighbor.cpp
index 386967cd46..14a61371ac 100644
--- a/src/neighbor.cpp
+++ b/src/neighbor.cpp
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ int Neighbor::choose_stencil(NeighRequest *rq)
   else if (rq->newton == 2) newtflag = 0;
 
 
+
   // use flags to match exactly one of NStencil class masks, bit by bit
   // exactly one of halfflag,fullflag is set and thus must match
 
@@ -1329,6 +1330,7 @@ int Neighbor::choose_stencil(NeighRequest *rq)
     if (style == BIN && !(mask & NS_BIN)) continue;
     if (style == MULTI && !(mask & NS_MULTI)) continue;
 
+
     if (dimension == 2 && !(mask & NS_2D)) continue;
     if (dimension == 3 && !(mask & NS_3D)) continue;
 
@@ -1814,6 +1816,7 @@ void Neighbor::build_one(class NeighList *mylist, int preflag)
   }
 
 
+
   // build the list
 
   np->build_setup();