diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 51e0780..2488df8
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # R specific hooks: https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/precommit
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/lorenzwalthert/precommit
-    rev: v0.3.2
+    rev: v0.4.3.9020
     hooks:
       - id: style-files
         args: [--style_pkg=styler, --style_fun=tidyverse_style]
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ repos:
       - id: deps-in-desc
         args: [--allow_private_imports]
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.3.0
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
         exclude: '\.Rd'
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit-ci/pre-commit-ci-config
-    rev: v1.5.1
+    rev: v1.6.1
     hooks:
       # Only reuiqred when https://pre-commit.ci is used for config validation
       - id: check-pre-commit-ci-config
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ repos:
         exclude: "(inst/extdata|data)/.*"
         # `exclude: <regex>` to allow committing specific files
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v2.7.1
+    rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index e72bfdd..f288702 100755
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -671,4 +671,4 @@ into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
 may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
 the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
-<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
\ No newline at end of file
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
diff --git a/R/DeconvExplorer.R b/R/DeconvExplorer.R
index 9206fb8..0d3573e 100755
--- a/R/DeconvExplorer.R
+++ b/R/DeconvExplorer.R
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ DeconvExplorer <- function(deconvexp_bulk = NULL,
     width = 12,
     fileInput("userSignatureUpload", "Upload Signature"),
     div(style = "margin-top: -25px"),
-
     p("You can upload a previsouly generated signature matrix of a deconvolution method and analyse it with DeconvExplorer. Multiple uploads are possible."),
     fluidRow(
       column(4, shinyWidgets::actionBttn("selectSigExploration", "Explore the signature", icon = icon("arrow-right"), color = "success", style = "simple")),
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ DeconvExplorer <- function(deconvexp_bulk = NULL,
     column(
       width = 5,
       conditionalPanel(
-
         # all methods that take another signature as input
         condition = "input.deconvMethod == 'cibersortx' ||
                   input.deconvMethod == 'dwls' ||
diff --git a/tests/testthat/setup_tests_DeconvExplorer.R b/tests/testthat/setup_tests_DeconvExplorer.R
index f2db2b9..9d972e5 100755
--- a/tests/testthat/setup_tests_DeconvExplorer.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/setup_tests_DeconvExplorer.R
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ suppressPackageStartupMessages({
 message("- Done!")
 
 
-
 message("--- Generating objects for the testing setup...")
 data("RefData", package = "omnideconv")
 RefData <- as.data.frame(RefData)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-signatures.R b/tests/testthat/test-signatures.R
index a08428e..a970cc2 100755
--- a/tests/testthat/test-signatures.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-signatures.R
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ test_that("Signature refinement operations are correct", {
   expect_true("B.cells" %in% colnames(signature_renamed))
 
 
-
   signature_nozeros <- removePercentZeros(
     signature_mat = signature_list$bisque,
     max_percentage_zeroes = 0.5