diff --git a/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx b/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
index c944e7b45885ab1eedcab24f7461542b75f080e7..bc03c069ae86e4dcb52ab84b81a5cd465b6929d6 100644
--- a/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
+++ b/reco/L1/CbmL1.cxx
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ void CbmL1::WriteSTAPPerfData()  // must be called after ReadEvent
   TString fpdata_name = fSTAPDataDir + "data_perfo.txt";
   // write data for performance in file
   //   if ( vNEvent <= maxNEvent )  {
-  if (1) {
+  if (1) { 
 
     if (vNEvent == 1) fpdata.open(fpdata_name, std::fstream::out);  // begin new file
     else