diff --git a/testmon/__init__.py b/testmon/__init__.py
index 961bd7c..e06328b 100644
--- a/testmon/__init__.py
+++ b/testmon/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 """PYTEST_DONT_REWRITE"""
-
-TESTMON_VERSION = "2.1.2"
+TESTMON_VERSION = "2.1.3"
diff --git a/testmon/common.py b/testmon/common.py
index 12da1f1..b551e65 100644
--- a/testmon/common.py
+++ b/testmon/common.py
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ def get_system_packages_raw():
 class FileFp(TypedDict):
     filename: str
     method_checksums: List[int] = None
-    mtime: float = (
-        None  # optimization helper, not really a part of the data structure fundamentally
-    )
-    fsha: int = (
-        None  # optimization helper, not really a part of the data structure fundamentally
-    )
+    mtime: float = None  # optimization helper, not really a part of the data structure fundamentally
+    fsha: int = None  # optimization helper, not really a part of the data structure fundamentally
     fingerprint_id: int = None  # optimization helper,
 
 
diff --git a/testmon/configure.py b/testmon/configure.py
index c7dc717..2288d5c 100644
--- a/testmon/configure.py
+++ b/testmon/configure.py
@@ -87,11 +87,9 @@ def _get_noselect_reasons(options):
 def _formulate_deactivation(what, reasons):
     if reasons:
         return [
-            (
-                f"{what} automatically deactivated because {reasons[0]}, "
-                if reasons[0]
-                else what + " deactivated, "
-            )
+            f"{what} automatically deactivated because {reasons[0]}, "
+            if reasons[0]
+            else what + " deactivated, "
         ]
     return []
 
diff --git a/testmon/pytest_testmon.py b/testmon/pytest_testmon.py
index 567fa51..481e070 100644
--- a/testmon/pytest_testmon.py
+++ b/testmon/pytest_testmon.py
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     )
     config.testmon_config: TmConf = tm_conf
     if tm_conf.select or tm_conf.collect:
-
         try:
             init_testmon_data(config)
             register_plugins(config, tm_conf.select, tm_conf.collect, cov_plugin)
diff --git a/testmon/testmon_core.py b/testmon/testmon_core.py
index 0169d7a..a97cd78 100644
--- a/testmon/testmon_core.py
+++ b/testmon/testmon_core.py
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 
 from typing import TypeVar
 
-from pytest_cov.plugin import CovPlugin
+try:
+    from pytest_cov.plugin import CovPlugin
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 import pytest
 from coverage import Coverage, CoverageData
@@ -420,7 +423,9 @@ def cached_relpath(path, basepath):
 class TestmonCollector:
     coverage_stack: [Coverage] = []
 
-    def __init__(self, rootdir, testmon_labels=None, cov_plugin=None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, rootdir, testmon_labels=None, cov_plugin=None
+    ):  # TODO remove cov_plugin
         try:
             from testmon.testmon_core import (  # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
                 Testmon as UberTestmon,