diff --git a/src/common/profiling_unit.cpp b/src/common/profiling_unit.cpp
index 19fdab32cf00f8f0a637aeb3b8c385d158e2b449..ba9879b2e01ce5ad356dc9821aa544398b3e3030 100644
--- a/src/common/profiling_unit.cpp
+++ b/src/common/profiling_unit.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 namespace wolf
 {
-
 ProfilingUnit::ProfilingUnit(double desired_period_sec)
     : running_(false),
       desired_period_(1e6 * desired_period_sec),
@@ -125,8 +124,8 @@ void ProfilingUnit::printProfiling(const std::string& _tabs, std::ostream& _stre
         _stream << _tabs << "desired period: " << printDuration(desired_period_)  //
                 << " (reference)\n";
     _stream << _tabs << "avg period:     " << printDuration(average_period_)  //
-            << (desired_period_ > 0 ? "\n" : " (reference)\n")
-            << _tabs << "avg time:       " << printDuration(acc_duration_.count() / n_callbacks_)  //
+            << (desired_period_ > 0 ? "\n" : " (reference)\n") << _tabs
+            << "avg time:       " << printDuration(acc_duration_.count() / n_callbacks_)  //
             << " (" << average_percent << "%)"
             << "\n"
             << _tabs << "stdev time:     " << printDuration(sqrt(var_duration_))  //