diff --git a/readLib/source/Interface.boost.cc b/readLib/source/Interface.boost.cc
index 19d6da48a5b5c2533d576e3cd0fc4cc6aa35d68a..7a54bafb3b0a2d2c3c580aca58ff7b444887fddf 100644
--- a/readLib/source/Interface.boost.cc
+++ b/readLib/source/Interface.boost.cc
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ namespace corsika_data {
   extern "C" {
   void cordataopenfile_(const char* name, const int stringlength) {
     // make a 'real' string out of fortran one (if \0 is missing)
-    char *buffer = new char[stringlength + 1];
+    char* buffer = new char[stringlength + 1];
     for (int i = 0; i < stringlength; ++i) buffer[i] = name[i];
     // if not already terminated by 0, add it
     if (buffer[stringlength - 1] != '\0') buffer[stringlength] = '\0';
     CorDataOpenFile(buffer);
-    delete [] buffer;
+    delete[] buffer;
   }
   void cordatafillarray_(double* data, const int& length) {
     global_DataFile.FillArray(data, length);
diff --git a/readLib/source/Interface.dummy.cc b/readLib/source/Interface.dummy.cc
index 74d7040e6793634f1a6d70431bd8a66e4799e7cb..7bf277f0ed667e446d32c9f69871925ef5db39af 100644
--- a/readLib/source/Interface.dummy.cc
+++ b/readLib/source/Interface.dummy.cc
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ namespace corsika_data {
 
   // the fortran interface functions
   extern "C" {
-  void cordataopenfile_(const char* name, const int) {
-    CorDataOpenFile(name);
-  }
+  void cordataopenfile_(const char* name, const int) { CorDataOpenFile(name); }
   void cordatafillarray_(double* data, const int& length) {
     CorDataFillArray(data, length);
   }