diff --git a/strip_whitespace.sh b/strip_whitespace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0fae2c9761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strip_whitespace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+find tinygrad -type f -name "*.py" -exec sed -i '' 's/ *$//' '{}' ';'
diff --git a/tinygrad/shape/symbolic.py b/tinygrad/shape/symbolic.py
index f4778deee7..969eb482c5 100644
--- a/tinygrad/shape/symbolic.py
+++ b/tinygrad/shape/symbolic.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Node:
           if sub_node.__class__ is NumNode: num_node_sum += sub_node.b
           else: new_nodes.append(sub_node)
 
-    if len(new_nodes) > 1 and len(set([x.a if isinstance(x, MulNode) else x for x in new_nodes])) < len(new_nodes): 
+    if len(new_nodes) > 1 and len(set([x.a if isinstance(x, MulNode) else x for x in new_nodes])) < len(new_nodes):
       new_nodes = Node.factorize(new_nodes)
     if num_node_sum: new_nodes.append(NumNode(num_node_sum))
     return create_rednode(SumNode, new_nodes) if len(new_nodes) > 1 else new_nodes[0] if len(new_nodes) == 1 else NumNode(0)
@@ -163,26 +163,26 @@ class SumNode(RedNode):
     factors: List[Node] = []
     nofactor_mul: List[Node] = []
     nofactor_nonmul: List[Node] = []
-    for x in self.flat_components: 
+    for x in self.flat_components:
       if x.__class__ is NumNode and x.b%b == 0: factors.append(x)
-      elif x.__class__ is MulNode: factors.append(x) if x.b%b == 0 else  nofactor_mul.append(x) 
+      elif x.__class__ is MulNode: factors.append(x) if x.b%b == 0 else  nofactor_mul.append(x)
       else: nofactor_nonmul.append(x)
-      
+
     if factors:  # factor out largest possible gcd
       factor_term = [x.a * x.b//b if isinstance(x, MulNode) else NumNode(x.b//b) for x in factors]
       if nofactor_mul and not nofactor_nonmul:
         gcds = [gcd(x.b, b) for x in nofactor_mul]
-        if (t := min(gcds)) > 1 and all([x.b%t == 0 for x in nofactor_mul]): 
+        if (t := min(gcds)) > 1 and all([x.b%t == 0 for x in nofactor_mul]):
           nofactor_term = [Node.sum([x.a * x.b//t for x in nofactor_mul if isinstance(x, MulNode)])//(b//t)]  # mypy wants the isinstance
         else:
           nofactor_term = [Node.sum(nofactor_mul)//b] if nofactor_mul else []
-      else: 
+      else:
         nofactor_term = [Node.sum(nofactor_mul+nofactor_nonmul)//b] if nofactor_mul + nofactor_nonmul else []
       return Node.sum(factor_term + nofactor_term)
     for m in nofactor_mul:
       if m.b > 1 and b%m.b == 0: return (self//m.b)//(b//m.b)
     return Node.__floordiv__(self, b, factoring_allowed)
-    
+
   def __mod__(self, b: int):
     new_nodes = []
     for x in self.nodes:
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class SumNode(RedNode):
       elif isinstance(x, MulNode): new_nodes.append(x.a * (x.b%b))
       else: new_nodes.append(x)
     return Node.__mod__(Node.sum(new_nodes), b)
-  
+
   @property
   def flat_components(self): # recursively expand sumnode components
     new_nodes = []