diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index 1d5036318..7d4f2facf 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class Consumer:
       5. Delete the document and image(s)
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, consume=settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR, scratch=settings.SCRATCH_DIR):
+    def __init__(self, consume=settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR,
+                 scratch=settings.SCRATCH_DIR):
 
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.logging_group = None
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
index eb3e38a2e..8efdbe54e 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -30,17 +30,25 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         BaseCommand.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument("directory", default=settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR, nargs='?')
-        parser.add_argument("--loop-time", default=settings.CONSUMER_LOOP_TIME, type=int)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "directory",
+            default=settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR,
+            nargs="?"
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--loop-time",
+            default=settings.CONSUMER_LOOP_TIME,
+            type=int
+        )
         parser.add_argument("--mail-delta", default=10, type=int)
-        parser.add_argument("--oneshot", action='store_true')
+        parser.add_argument("--oneshot", action="store_true")
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
 
         self.verbosity = options["verbosity"]
-        directory = options['directory']
-        loop_time = options['loop_time']
-        mail_delta = datetime.timedelta(minutes=options['mail_delta'])
+        directory = options["directory"]
+        loop_time = options["loop_time"]
+        mail_delta = datetime.timedelta(minutes=options["mail_delta"])
 
         try:
             self.file_consumer = Consumer(consume=directory)
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             "Starting document consumer at {}".format(directory)
         )
 
-        if options['oneshot']:
+        if options["oneshot"]:
             self.loop(mail_delta=mail_delta)
         else:
             try:
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py b/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
index b7fca45e7..edb2e8754 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class TestConsumer(TestCase):
             self.DummyParser
         )
 
-    @mock.patch("documents.consumer.Consumer.CONSUME")
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.os.makedirs")
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.os.path.exists", return_value=True)
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.document_consumer_declaration.send")
@@ -33,17 +32,16 @@ class TestConsumer(TestCase):
             (None, lambda _: {"weight": 1, "parser": DummyParser2}),
         )
 
-        self.assertEqual(Consumer()._get_parser_class("doc.pdf"), DummyParser2)
+        self.assertEqual(Consumer(consume=".")._get_parser_class("doc.pdf"),
+                         DummyParser2)
 
-    @mock.patch("documents.consumer.Consumer.CONSUME")
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.os.makedirs")
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.os.path.exists", return_value=True)
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.document_consumer_declaration.send")
     def test__get_parser_class_0_parsers(self, m, *args):
         m.return_value = ((None, lambda _: None),)
-        self.assertIsNone(Consumer()._get_parser_class("doc.pdf"))
+        self.assertIsNone(Consumer(consume=".")._get_parser_class("doc.pdf"))
 
-    @mock.patch("documents.consumer.Consumer.CONSUME")
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.os.makedirs")
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.os.path.exists", return_value=True)
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.document_consumer_declaration.send")
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ class TestConsumer(TestCase):
         m.return_value = (
             (None, lambda _: {"weight": 0, "parser": self.DummyParser}),
         )
-        return Consumer()
+        return Consumer(consume=".")
 
 
 class TestAttributes(TestCase):