diff --git a/util_fns.cc b/util_fns.cc
index acebdb0..fb8b82f 100644
--- a/util_fns.cc
+++ b/util_fns.cc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void check_cmd_io(simple_command *cmd) {
     }
     return;
   }
-  else {
+  // else {
     if (cmd->infile != "") {
       cmd->infd = open(cmd->infile.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
       if (cmd->infd < 0) {
@@ -81,14 +81,12 @@ void check_cmd_io(simple_command *cmd) {
       }
     }
     else cmd->outfd = 1;
-  }
+  // }
 }
 
 
 
 
-
-
 // http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Wordexp-Example.html
 int expand_and_execute (simple_command *cmd) {
   const char *program = cmd->vargs[0].c_str();
diff --git a/util_fns.h b/util_fns.h
index 104f92b..00e7e33 100644
--- a/util_fns.h
+++ b/util_fns.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 using namespace std;
 
+
 // method definitions
 void ctrlCHandler(int sig);
 vector<string> split(const char *str, char c = ' ');
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ void check_cmd_io(simple_command *cmd);
 int expand_and_execute (simple_command *cmd);
 bool remap_pipe_stdin_stdout(int rpipe, int wpipe);
 
+
 #endif