diff --git a/app/validators/user_validator.rb b/app/validators/user_validator.rb
index 71ae396bef..e5e212fa26 100644
--- a/app/validators/user_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/user_validator.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def validate_date_of_birth_not_before_1920(date_of_birth, record)
 
   def validate_email_unique(record)
     if User.exists?(email: record.email)
-      record.errors.add(:base, I18n.t('activerecord.errors.messages.email_uniqueness'))
+      record.errors.add(:base, I18n.t("activerecord.errors.messages.email_uniqueness"))
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 5bbc2ae39d..c0563d6165 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
       expect(user.errors[:base]).to eq([" Date of birth must be on or after 1/1/1920."])
     end
 
-    it 'shows custom email uniqueness error message' do
+    it "shows custom email uniqueness error message" do
       create(:user, email: "volunteer1@example.com")
-      user = build(:user, email: 'volunteer1@example.com')
+      user = build(:user, email: "volunteer1@example.com")
       expect(user.valid?).to be false
-      expect(user.errors[:base]).to eq ([I18n.t('activerecord.errors.messages.email_uniqueness')])
+      expect(user.errors[:base]).to eq([I18n.t("activerecord.errors.messages.email_uniqueness")])
     end
 
     it "has an empty old_emails array when initialized" do