diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 28e3328..a75a2c2 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: Never
 AllowShortLambdasOnASingleLine: true
 AllowShortLoopsOnASingleLine: false
-AlwaysBreakAfterReturnType: None
 AlwaysBreakBeforeMultilineStrings: false
-AlwaysBreakTemplateDeclarations: Yes
 BinPackArguments: true
 BinPackParameters: true
 BitFieldColonSpacing: None
@@ -43,12 +41,14 @@
   SplitEmptyRecord:     false
   SplitEmptyNamespace:  false
 BreakAfterAttributes: Never
+BreakAfterReturnType: Automatic
 BreakBeforeBinaryOperators: None
 BreakBeforeBraces: Custom
 BreakBeforeTernaryOperators: true
 BreakConstructorInitializers: AfterColon
 BreakInheritanceList: AfterColon
 BreakStringLiterals: false
+BreakTemplateDeclarations: Yes
 ColumnLimit:     80
 CommentPragmas:  '^ IWYU pragma:'
 CompactNamespaces: false
diff --git a/src/external/ExternalSensor.cpp b/src/external/ExternalSensor.cpp
index 506823a..305fd82 100644
--- a/src/external/ExternalSensor.cpp
+++ b/src/external/ExternalSensor.cpp
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@
     return (ageElapsed(now) < writeTimeout);
 }
 
-void ExternalSensor::writeBegin(
-    const std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point& now)
+void
+    ExternalSensor::writeBegin(const std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point& now)
 {
     if (!writeAlive)
     {