diff --git a/index/scorch/merge.go b/index/scorch/merge.go
index 2b0e734c..ec2c8d4b 100644
--- a/index/scorch/merge.go
+++ b/index/scorch/merge.go
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ func (s *Scorch) planMergeAtSnapshot(ourSnapshot *IndexSnapshot,
 			newDocNums, nBytes, err := zap.Merge(segmentsToMerge, docsToDrop, path, 1024)
 			atomic.AddUint64(&s.stats.TotFileMergeZapEnd, 1)
 			atomic.AddUint64(&s.stats.TotFileMergeWrittenBytes, nBytes)
-      
+
 			fileMergeZapTime := uint64(time.Since(fileMergeZapStartTime))
 			atomic.AddUint64(&s.stats.TotFileMergeZapTime, fileMergeZapTime)
 			if atomic.LoadUint64(&s.stats.MaxFileMergeZapTime) < fileMergeZapTime {
 				atomic.StoreUint64(&s.stats.MaxFileMergeZapTime, fileMergeZapTime)
 			}
-      
-      			if err != nil {
+
+			if err != nil {
 				s.unmarkIneligibleForRemoval(filename)
 				atomic.AddUint64(&s.stats.TotFileMergePlanTasksErr, 1)
 				return fmt.Errorf("merging failed: %v", err)