diff --git a/mkv_this/functions.py b/mkv_this/functions.py
index c7b64a4..388f386 100644
--- a/mkv_this/functions.py
+++ b/mkv_this/functions.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from pdfminer.layout import LAParams
 from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
 from io import StringIO
 
-
 fnf = ": error: file not found. please provide a path to a really-existing file!"
 
 
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ def read(infile):
             return f.read()
     except IsADirectoryError as exc:
         print(
-            f": there was trouble: {exc}.\n: looks like you entered a directory. Use '-d' for that."
+            f": there was trouble: {exc}.\n: looks like you entered a directory. use '-d' for that."
         )
         sys.exit()
     except FileNotFoundError:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dbf6ac7..d3f6286 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ with open(path.join(this_directory, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
 
 setup(
     name="mkv-this",
-    version="0.2.3",
+    version="0.2.4",
     description="cli wrapper for markovify: take a text file, directory, pdf or url, markovify, save the results.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",