diff --git a/controller/markdownToHtml.js b/controller/markdownToHtml.js
index 656afe01..774127bb 100644
--- a/controller/markdownToHtml.js
+++ b/controller/markdownToHtml.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var markdown = require('markdown').markdown;
 var fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/helper/geojsonify.js b/helper/geojsonify.js
index 5c571fa7..036fe773 100644
--- a/helper/geojsonify.js
+++ b/helper/geojsonify.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const GeoJSON = require('geojson');
 const extent = require('@mapbox/geojson-extent');
 const logger = require('pelias-logger').get('geojsonify');
diff --git a/middleware/404.js b/middleware/404.js
index 65c25467..db4d013f 100644
--- a/middleware/404.js
+++ b/middleware/404.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 // handle not found errors
 function middleware(req, res) {
   res.header('Cache-Control','public');
diff --git a/middleware/changeLanguage.js b/middleware/changeLanguage.js
index 91bd5ba0..3d02a296 100644
--- a/middleware/changeLanguage.js
+++ b/middleware/changeLanguage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var logger = require( 'pelias-logger' ).get( 'api' );
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
diff --git a/middleware/cors.js b/middleware/cors.js
index 6d30529f..51ee56e4 100644
--- a/middleware/cors.js
+++ b/middleware/cors.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 function middleware(req, res, next){
   res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
   res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, OPTIONS');
diff --git a/middleware/jsonp.js b/middleware/jsonp.js
index 1a54716e..3f06dbf6 100644
--- a/middleware/jsonp.js
+++ b/middleware/jsonp.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 function middleware(req, res, next){
 
   // store old json function
diff --git a/middleware/options.js b/middleware/options.js
index f6ca8767..7bb39093 100644
--- a/middleware/options.js
+++ b/middleware/options.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
   this functionality is required by CORS as the browser will send an
   HTTP OPTIONS request before performing the CORS request.
diff --git a/middleware/requestLanguage.js b/middleware/requestLanguage.js
index c7532fc9..d6e154ab 100644
--- a/middleware/requestLanguage.js
+++ b/middleware/requestLanguage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const logger = require( 'pelias-logger' ).get( 'api' );
 
diff --git a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
index 34f396ae..dbba5861 100644
--- a/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
+++ b/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
diff --git a/query/reverse_defaults.js b/query/reverse_defaults.js
index bce72057..cbcf7a65 100644
--- a/query/reverse_defaults.js
+++ b/query/reverse_defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
diff --git a/query/search.js b/query/search.js
index 12837496..26ae1e40 100644
--- a/query/search.js
+++ b/query/search.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 const defaults = require('./search_defaults');
 const textParser = require('./text_parser');
diff --git a/query/search_defaults.js b/query/search_defaults.js
index c0d2a6a0..92154ee8 100644
--- a/query/search_defaults.js
+++ b/query/search_defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 
diff --git a/query/search_original.js b/query/search_original.js
index c7b05248..6b9856b7 100644
--- a/query/search_original.js
+++ b/query/search_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 const defaults = require('./search_defaults');
 const textParser = require('./text_parser_addressit');
diff --git a/query/text_parser_addressit.js b/query/text_parser_addressit.js
index 84979c15..8a3907a8 100644
--- a/query/text_parser_addressit.js
+++ b/query/text_parser_addressit.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var logger = require('pelias-logger').get('api');
 var placeTypes = require('../helper/placeTypes');
 
diff --git a/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js b/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js
index 9af56cfb..06155260 100644
--- a/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js
+++ b/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query'),
     searchDefaults = require('../search_defaults');
 
diff --git a/query/view/focus_selected_layers.js b/query/view/focus_selected_layers.js
index 9d23998c..4fda1780 100644
--- a/query/view/focus_selected_layers.js
+++ b/query/view/focus_selected_layers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 
 /**
diff --git a/query/view/ngrams_last_token_only.js b/query/view/ngrams_last_token_only.js
index 12be4584..db2862c3 100644
--- a/query/view/ngrams_last_token_only.js
+++ b/query/view/ngrams_last_token_only.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query'),
     ngrams_strict = require('./ngrams_strict');
 
diff --git a/query/view/ngrams_strict.js b/query/view/ngrams_strict.js
index b0d7ae94..f5fd815e 100644
--- a/query/view/ngrams_strict.js
+++ b/query/view/ngrams_strict.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 
 /**
diff --git a/query/view/phrase_first_tokens_only.js b/query/view/phrase_first_tokens_only.js
index 7ab4539b..795e4beb 100644
--- a/query/view/phrase_first_tokens_only.js
+++ b/query/view/phrase_first_tokens_only.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query');
 
 /**
diff --git a/query/view/pop_subquery.js b/query/view/pop_subquery.js
index fc8f6804..4474fa4d 100644
--- a/query/view/pop_subquery.js
+++ b/query/view/pop_subquery.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var peliasQuery = require('pelias-query'),
     check = require('check-types');
 
diff --git a/sanitizer/_single_scalar_parameters.js b/sanitizer/_single_scalar_parameters.js
index 4c49fc21..2363ef65 100644
--- a/sanitizer/_single_scalar_parameters.js
+++ b/sanitizer/_single_scalar_parameters.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var _ = require('lodash'),
     check = require('check-types');
 
diff --git a/sanitizer/_tokenizer.js b/sanitizer/_tokenizer.js
index 18b5d3e0..081a9121 100644
--- a/sanitizer/_tokenizer.js
+++ b/sanitizer/_tokenizer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var check = require('check-types');
 
 /**
diff --git a/sanitizer/place.js b/sanitizer/place.js
index 4d158dc3..9b7c7fdb 100644
--- a/sanitizer/place.js
+++ b/sanitizer/place.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var sanitizeAll = require('../sanitizer/sanitizeAll'),
     sanitizers = {
       singleScalarParameters: require('../sanitizer/_single_scalar_parameters')(),
diff --git a/sanitizer/reverse.js b/sanitizer/reverse.js
index 457e81a5..ce14e862 100644
--- a/sanitizer/reverse.js
+++ b/sanitizer/reverse.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var type_mapping = require('../helper/type_mapping');
 var sanitizeAll = require('../sanitizer/sanitizeAll'),
     sanitizers = {
diff --git a/sanitizer/wrap.js b/sanitizer/wrap.js
index bc8a9cd2..bca70220 100644
--- a/sanitizer/wrap.js
+++ b/sanitizer/wrap.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
   normalize co-ordinates that lie outside of the normal ranges.
 
diff --git a/service/configurations/Interpolation.js b/service/configurations/Interpolation.js
index 9995e053..ff7c685b 100644
--- a/service/configurations/Interpolation.js
+++ b/service/configurations/Interpolation.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const url = require('url');
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
diff --git a/service/configurations/Language.js b/service/configurations/Language.js
index 97096a87..c20fa861 100644
--- a/service/configurations/Language.js
+++ b/service/configurations/Language.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const url = require('url');
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
diff --git a/service/configurations/Libpostal.js b/service/configurations/Libpostal.js
index 997a8a17..0a895846 100644
--- a/service/configurations/Libpostal.js
+++ b/service/configurations/Libpostal.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const url = require('url');
 
 const ServiceConfiguration = require('pelias-microservice-wrapper').ServiceConfiguration;
diff --git a/service/configurations/PlaceHolder.js b/service/configurations/PlaceHolder.js
index a0ad6ee9..055863a9 100644
--- a/service/configurations/PlaceHolder.js
+++ b/service/configurations/PlaceHolder.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const url = require('url');
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
diff --git a/service/configurations/PointInPolygon.js b/service/configurations/PointInPolygon.js
index 989b854a..e13986fc 100644
--- a/service/configurations/PointInPolygon.js
+++ b/service/configurations/PointInPolygon.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const url = require('url');
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
diff --git a/service/mget.js b/service/mget.js
index b68a5bed..346ddb90 100644
--- a/service/mget.js
+++ b/service/mget.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
 
   query must be an array of hashes, structured like so:
diff --git a/service/search.js b/service/search.js
index dcdd7093..1db7cef6 100644
--- a/service/search.js
+++ b/service/search.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
 
   cmd can be any valid ES query command
diff --git a/test/ciao_test_data.js b/test/ciao_test_data.js
index 55872f67..91eaf11d 100644
--- a/test/ciao_test_data.js
+++ b/test/ciao_test_data.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 /**
   Test data required by the ciao test suite.
 
diff --git a/test/unit/app.js b/test/unit/app.js
index 192e9034..ec786f2f 100644
--- a/test/unit/app.js
+++ b/test/unit/app.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const proxyquire = require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/coarse_reverse.js b/test/unit/controller/coarse_reverse.js
index ce6bb886..2a13d4a3 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/coarse_reverse.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/coarse_reverse.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const setup = require('../../../controller/coarse_reverse');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const _  = require('lodash');
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/index.js b/test/unit/controller/index.js
index cffe1030..b6a5a396 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/index.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var setup = require('../../../controller/markdownToHtml');
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/libpostal.js b/test/unit/controller/libpostal.js
index 708130c4..56b47521 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/libpostal.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/libpostal.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const libpostal = require('../../../controller/libpostal');
 const _ = require('lodash');
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/place.js b/test/unit/controller/place.js
index 8bbb5b00..533db310 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/place.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/place.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const setup = require('../../../controller/place');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/placeholder.js b/test/unit/controller/placeholder.js
index ede7982d..82ace9bd 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/placeholder.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/placeholder.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const placeholder = require('../../../controller/placeholder');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const mock_logger = require('pelias-mock-logger');
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_parsed_text_properties.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_parsed_text_properties.js
index 3ee955d7..b1635d94 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_parsed_text_properties.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_parsed_text_properties.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const has_parsed_text_properties = require('../../../../controller/predicates/has_parsed_text_properties');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_errors.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_errors.js
index 53a3925f..437ecaf7 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_errors.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_errors.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const has_request_errors = require('../../../../controller/predicates/has_request_errors');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_parameter.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_parameter.js
index 9040fc07..3a4e33b1 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_parameter.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_request_parameter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const has_request_parameter = require('../../../../controller/predicates/has_request_parameter');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_response_data.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_response_data.js
index 265e122b..881a6a72 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_response_data.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_response_data.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const has_response_data = require('../../../../controller/predicates/has_response_data');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_results_at_layers.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_results_at_layers.js
index d1984580..608e2ff1 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_results_at_layers.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/has_results_at_layers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const has_results_at_layers = require('../../../../controller/predicates/has_results_at_layers');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_addressit_parse.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_addressit_parse.js
index 4d64e296..219c36ff 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_addressit_parse.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_addressit_parse.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const is_addressit_parse = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_addressit_parse');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_admin_only_analysis.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_admin_only_analysis.js
index e6b5e323..1f8232e1 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_admin_only_analysis.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_admin_only_analysis.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const is_admin_only_analysis = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_admin_only_analysis');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_coarse_reverse.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_coarse_reverse.js
index baeecd7c..e92bb177 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_coarse_reverse.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_coarse_reverse.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const is_coarse_reverse = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_coarse_reverse');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_only_non_admin_layers.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_only_non_admin_layers.js
index 17d7f428..eb0ba2b1 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_only_non_admin_layers.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_only_non_admin_layers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const is_only_non_admin_layers = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_only_non_admin_layers');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst.js b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst.js
index b8fecd06..c3686c47 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/predicates/is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst = require('../../../../controller/predicates/is_request_sources_only_whosonfirst');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/search.js b/test/unit/controller/search.js
index 078a4ece..0e274d4e 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/search.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const setup = require('../../../controller/search');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/search_with_ids.js b/test/unit/controller/search_with_ids.js
index 0723539d..250e32f9 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/search_with_ids.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/search_with_ids.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const setup = require('../../../controller/search_with_ids');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const mocklogger = require('pelias-mock-logger');
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/structured_libpostal.js b/test/unit/controller/structured_libpostal.js
index d39d0532..142d8260 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/structured_libpostal.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/structured_libpostal.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const libpostal = require('../../../controller/structured_libpostal');
 const _ = require('lodash');
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js
index f0ac8fb7..928c3efe 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js
index c27e64f5..4f250ec3 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
index d6aa0aa7..219bea36 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
index 8dd3f1e6..80e44f81 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
index 07a06d88..b07219ac 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js
index 88a7d013..036bd180 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
index 2fcd25ca..12940e19 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_with_admin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js
index 356ef884..fe4e1b5c 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_single_character_street.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js
index 6f9d5e0f..ac5971c4 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js
index cebd7eea..ada4c953 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_boundary_country_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_boundary_country_original.js
index 94f867b2..0ea31ab3 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_boundary_country_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_boundary_country_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_bbox_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_bbox_original.js
index b8dbf3a1..56fd90bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_bbox_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_bbox_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_bbox_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_bbox_original.js
index ebc5f701..43bea77d 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_bbox_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_bbox_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_null_island_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_null_island_original.js
index 8f6fe381..06b598cc 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_null_island_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_null_island_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_original.js
index 38273273..9ece3b86 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_focus_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_only_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_only_original.js
index 490eb0c9..1029c7f9 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_only_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_linguistic_only_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_partial_address_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_partial_address_original.js
index b0c82a3f..b0cced91 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_partial_address_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_partial_address_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var vs = require('../../../query/search_defaults');
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_regions_address_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_regions_address_original.js
index 400f561b..1d211b8d 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_regions_address_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_regions_address_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var vs = require('../../../query/search_defaults');
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/search_with_source_filtering_original.js b/test/unit/fixture/search_with_source_filtering_original.js
index 24da9468..650fad61 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/search_with_source_filtering_original.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/search_with_source_filtering_original.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = {
   'query': {
     'bool': {
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js b/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js
index 7536810c..ecdb40d0 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/changeLanguage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const setup = require('../../../middleware/changeLanguage');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const _  = require('lodash');
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/interpolate.js b/test/unit/middleware/interpolate.js
index d90210ef..3602592c 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/interpolate.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/interpolate.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const setup = require('../../../middleware/interpolate');
 const proxyquire =  require('proxyquire').noCallThru();
 const _  = require('lodash');
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js b/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
index 96fdc1d8..e039437e 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/localNamingConventions.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const proxyquire = require('proxyquire');
 
 var customConfig = {
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/requestLanguage.js b/test/unit/middleware/requestLanguage.js
index 6252e589..e57a8974 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/requestLanguage.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/requestLanguage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var middleware = require('../../../middleware/requestLanguage');
 module.exports.tests = {};
 
diff --git a/test/unit/query/MockQuery.js b/test/unit/query/MockQuery.js
index 2cbcf78d..f20dc569 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/MockQuery.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/MockQuery.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module.exports = class MockQuery {
   constructor() {
     this._score_functions = [];
diff --git a/test/unit/query/autocomplete_defaults.js b/test/unit/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
index 7ccb17a0..69d18c1d 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/autocomplete_defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var defaults = require('../../../query/autocomplete_defaults');
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
diff --git a/test/unit/query/reverse_defaults.js b/test/unit/query/reverse_defaults.js
index 48a9805f..2ea89cbf 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/reverse_defaults.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/reverse_defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var defaults = require('../../../query/reverse_defaults');
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
diff --git a/test/unit/query/search_defaults.js b/test/unit/query/search_defaults.js
index 54b116b7..81dabed3 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/search_defaults.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/search_defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var defaults = require('../../../query/search_defaults');
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/_geo_reverse.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/_geo_reverse.js
index 0afc2b15..69fab8fb 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/_geo_reverse.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/_geo_reverse.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const sanitizer = require('../../../sanitizer/_geo_reverse')();
 const defaults = require('../../../query/reverse_defaults');
 
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitizer/wrap.js b/test/unit/sanitizer/wrap.js
index 3339b51c..143ee65a 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitizer/wrap.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitizer/wrap.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var wrap = require('../../../sanitizer/wrap');
 
 module.exports.tests = {};
diff --git a/test/unit/schema.js b/test/unit/schema.js
index 93e93964..d26a7bf0 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 const Joi = require('joi');
 const schema = require('../../schema');
 const _ = require('lodash');