diff --git a/cogs/modmail.py b/cogs/modmail.py
index 3207bcdd5b..b977d8fdf4 100644
--- a/cogs/modmail.py
+++ b/cogs/modmail.py
@@ -899,7 +899,9 @@ async def note_persistent(self, ctx, *, msg: str = ""):
         async with ctx.typing():
             msg = await ctx.thread.note(ctx.message, persistent=True)
             await msg.pin()
-        await self.bot.api.create_note(recipient=ctx.thread.recipient, message=ctx.message, message_id=msg.id)
+        await self.bot.api.create_note(
+            recipient=ctx.thread.recipient, message=ctx.message, message_id=msg.id
+        )
 
     @commands.command()
     @checks.has_permissions(PermissionLevel.SUPPORTER)
diff --git a/core/clients.py b/core/clients.py
index 300425be53..62f565f91c 100644
--- a/core/clients.py
+++ b/core/clients.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ async def create_note(self, recipient: Member, message: Message, message_id: Uni
                     "id": str(message.author.id),
                     "name": message.author.name,
                     "discriminator": message.author.discriminator,
-                    "avatar_url": str(message.author.avatar_url)
+                    "avatar_url": str(message.author.avatar_url),
                 },
                 "message": message.content,
                 "message_id": str(message_id),
@@ -436,13 +436,17 @@ async def find_notes(self, recipient: Member):
 
     async def update_note_ids(self, ids: dict):
         for object_id, message_id in ids.items():
-            await self.db.notes.update_one({"_id": object_id}, {"$set": {"message_id": message_id}})
+            await self.db.notes.update_one(
+                {"_id": object_id}, {"$set": {"message_id": message_id}}
+            )
 
     async def delete_note(self, message_id: Union[int, str]):
         await self.db.notes.delete_one({"message_id": str(message_id)})
 
     async def edit_note(self, message_id: Union[int, str], message: str):
-        await self.db.notes.update_one({"message_id": str(message_id)}, {"$set": {"message": message}})
+        await self.db.notes.update_one(
+            {"message_id": str(message_id)}, {"$set": {"message": message}}
+        )
 
     def get_plugin_partition(self, cog):
         cls_name = cog.__class__.__name__
diff --git a/core/thread.py b/core/thread.py
index 3562d98ee3..b9bf261b12 100644
--- a/core/thread.py
+++ b/core/thread.py
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ class Author:
                     "author": Author(),
                 }
                 message = discord.Message(state=State(), channel=None, data=data)
-                ids[note["_id"]] = str((await self.note(message, persistent=True, thread_creation=True)).id)
+                ids[note["_id"]] = str(
+                    (await self.note(message, persistent=True, thread_creation=True)).id
+                )
 
             await self.bot.api.update_note_ids(ids)
 
@@ -242,7 +244,10 @@ async def activate_auto_triggers():
                     pass
 
         await asyncio.gather(
-            send_genesis_message(), send_recipient_genesis_message(), activate_auto_triggers(), send_persistent_notes(),
+            send_genesis_message(),
+            send_recipient_genesis_message(),
+            activate_auto_triggers(),
+            send_persistent_notes(),
         )
         self.bot.dispatch("thread_ready", self)
 
@@ -687,11 +692,19 @@ async def edit_dm_message(self, message: discord.Message, content: str) -> None:
             self.bot.api.edit_message(message.id, content), linked_message.edit(embed=embed)
         )
 
-    async def note(self, message: discord.Message, persistent=False, thread_creation=False) -> None:
+    async def note(
+        self, message: discord.Message, persistent=False, thread_creation=False
+    ) -> None:
         if not message.content and not message.attachments:
             raise MissingRequiredArgument(SimpleNamespace(name="msg"))
 
-        msg = await self.send(message, self.channel, note=True, persistent_note=persistent, thread_creation=thread_creation)
+        msg = await self.send(
+            message,
+            self.channel,
+            note=True,
+            persistent_note=persistent,
+            thread_creation=thread_creation,
+        )
 
         self.bot.loop.create_task(
             self.bot.api.append_log(