diff --git a/binarycpython/utils/grid.py b/binarycpython/utils/grid.py
index 0d5dca6d80e8dae37e9afe78a22f928554158666..524d637437473197e25c2287e50f69007b44c472 100644
--- a/binarycpython/utils/grid.py
+++ b/binarycpython/utils/grid.py
@@ -1099,7 +1099,6 @@ class Population:
         # make list of directories we want to use
         dirs = ['tmp_dir','status_dir','cache_dir']
 
-
         if self.grid_options['slurm']>0:
             dirs += ['slurm_dir']
         if self.grid_options['condor']>0:
@@ -1127,7 +1126,6 @@ class Population:
                 print("Sub-Directory {subdir} (in tmp_dir) currently set to {path} cannot be written to. Please check that this directory is correct and you have write access.".format(subdir=subdir,path=path))
                 sys.exit(1)
 
-
         return
 
     def clean(self) -> None:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 077adef0dbf84e2eec2a6aade9ad2a8e7046a6fd..e0e1534559826125278230f22ee9dcb0ae73fef7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ setup(
         "py_rinterpolate",
         "seaborn",
         "setproctitle",
+        "str2bool",
         "psutil",
         "simplejson",
         "strip-ansi",