diff --git a/studio/backend/core/rag/query_decompose.py b/studio/backend/core/rag/query_decompose.py
index f6a020f8db..6602827fd6 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/rag/query_decompose.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/rag/query_decompose.py
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ def decompose_query(query: str) -> list[str]:
             response = client.post(endpoint, json = payload)
             response.raise_for_status()
             data = response.json()
-        content = (
-            data.get("choices", [{}])[0].get("message", {}).get("content", "")
-        )
+        content = data.get("choices", [{}])[0].get("message", {}).get("content", "")
         queries = _parse_queries(content if isinstance(content, str) else "", q)
         logger.info("RAG query-decompose: produced queries", n = len(queries))
         return queries
diff --git a/studio/backend/routes/rag.py b/studio/backend/routes/rag.py
index 28f39e4d43..ef69fcfed3 100644
--- a/studio/backend/routes/rag.py
+++ b/studio/backend/routes/rag.py
@@ -1638,9 +1638,7 @@ def _execute_search(
 ) -> list[SearchHit]:
     """Run one retrieval against an already-resolved scope. Shared by the
     /search and /prefetch endpoints."""
-    candidate_k = (
-        max(top_k, RAG_RERANK_CANDIDATE_K) if enable_rerank else top_k
-    )
+    candidate_k = max(top_k, RAG_RERANK_CANDIDATE_K) if enable_rerank else top_k
 
     if mode == "bm25":
         hits = retrieval.retrieve_bm25(scope, query, candidate_k)