diff --git a/examples/heatTransfer/write/IO_ph5_adios2.cpp b/examples/heatTransfer/write/IO_ph5_adios2.cpp
index a4b37c5dc466eba83a2d60a2f1918ecdd421adef..abed29d13712e1da144744f01879724122f4d8c5 100644
--- a/examples/heatTransfer/write/IO_ph5_adios2.cpp
+++ b/examples/heatTransfer/write/IO_ph5_adios2.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IO::IO(const Settings &s, MPI_Comm comm)
 {
     rank_saved = s.rank;
     m_outputfilename = s.outputfile + ".h5";
-    //adios::ADIOS adios(comm, adios::Verbose::INFO, false);
+    // adios::ADIOS adios(comm, adios::Verbose::INFO, false);
     ad = new adios::ADIOS(comm, adios::Verbose::INFO, false);
 
     // Define method for engine creation
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ IO::IO(const Settings &s, MPI_Comm comm)
         // if not defined by user, we can change the default settings
         // BPFileWriter is the default engine
         h5writerSettings.SetEngine("HDF5Writer");
-        // Allow an extra thread for data processing       
+        // Allow an extra thread for data processing
 
         const std::string aggregatorsParam("Aggregators=" +
                                            std::to_string((s.nproc + 1) / 2));
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ IO::IO(const Settings &s, MPI_Comm comm)
         // starting offset of the local array in the global space
         {s.offsx, s.offsy},
         // local size, could be defined later using SetSelection()
-      {s.ndx, s.ndy}));
+        {s.ndx, s.ndy}));
 
     // add transform to variable
     // adios::Transform tr = adios::transform::BZIP2( );
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ IO::IO(const Settings &s, MPI_Comm comm)
 IO::~IO()
 {
     h5writer->Close();
-    //delete ad;
+    // delete ad;
 }
 
 void IO::write(int step, const HeatTransfer &ht, const Settings &s,
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ void IO::write(int step, const HeatTransfer &ht, const Settings &s,
     // Make a selection to describe the local dimensions of the variable we
     // write and its offsets in the global spaces. This could have been done in
     // adios.DefineVariable()
-    //adios::SelectionBoundingBox sel({s.offsx, s.offsy}, {s.ndx, s.ndy});
-    //varT->SetSelection(sel);
+    // adios::SelectionBoundingBox sel({s.offsx, s.offsy}, {s.ndx, s.ndy});
+    // varT->SetSelection(sel);
 
     /* Select the area that we want to write from the data pointer we pass to
        the
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ void IO::write(int step, const HeatTransfer &ht, const Settings &s,
        above.
        Default memspace is always the full selection.
     */
-    //adios::SelectionBoundingBox memspace =
+    // adios::SelectionBoundingBox memspace =
     //    adios::SelectionBoundingBox({1, 1}, {s.ndx, s.ndy});
-    //varT->SetMemorySelection(memspace);
+    // varT->SetMemorySelection(memspace);
 
     h5writer->Write<double>(*varT, ht.data_noghost().data());
-    //h5writer->Write(*varT, ht.data_noghost().data());
+    // h5writer->Write(*varT, ht.data_noghost().data());
     h5writer->Write<unsigned int>(*varGndx, s.gndx);
     h5writer->Write<unsigned int>("gndy", s.gndy);
 
diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.cpp b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.cpp
index 6969c4a40138bd44924dd75ddc206bdf50b9d0c0..acd523feca71fa7e9c59e006178b7efdf73a05da 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ HDF5Writer::HDF5Writer(ADIOS &adios, const std::string name,
 : Engine(adios, "HDF5Writer", name, accessMode, mpiComm,
          method, /*debugMode, cores,*/
          " HDF5Writer constructor (or call to ADIOS Open).\n")
-  //m_Buffer(m_DebugMode)
+// m_Buffer(m_DebugMode)
 {
     Init();
 }
@@ -256,17 +256,20 @@ void HDF5Writer::UseHDFWrite(Variable<T> &variable, const T *values,
 
     int dimSize = std::max(variable.m_Shape.size(), variable.m_Count.size());
 
-    if (dimSize == 0) {
-      // scalar
-      hid_t filespaceID = H5Screate(H5S_SCALAR);
-      hid_t dsetID   = H5Dcreate(m_H5File.m_GroupId, variable.m_Name.c_str(), h5Type, filespaceID, 
-				    H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
-      herr_t status = H5Dwrite(dsetID, h5Type, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, values);
-
-      H5Sclose (filespaceID);
-      H5Dclose (dsetID);
-
-      return;
+    if (dimSize == 0)
+    {
+        // scalar
+        hid_t filespaceID = H5Screate(H5S_SCALAR);
+        hid_t dsetID =
+            H5Dcreate(m_H5File.m_GroupId, variable.m_Name.c_str(), h5Type,
+                      filespaceID, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT);
+        herr_t status =
+            H5Dwrite(dsetID, h5Type, H5S_ALL, H5S_ALL, H5P_DEFAULT, values);
+
+        H5Sclose(filespaceID);
+        H5Dclose(dsetID);
+
+        return;
     }
 
     std::vector<hsize_t> dimsf, count, offset;
diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.h b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.h
index d4c4d217e4afd56fc392eba8d68acf481febfe7a..3ab1b970ec75231a04537a74d9ad97967af8dd75 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.h
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     ///< heap capsule, contains data and metadata buffers
-    //capsule::STLVector m_Buffer;
+    // capsule::STLVector m_Buffer;
 
     void Init();