diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper_vignettes.R b/tests/testthat/helper_vignettes.R
index 53d32a862e414c7d6253a6a2ff65717f9422cdf2..5c7a553239e5e0aa888c2b7ead08c177e8bd4459 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper_vignettes.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper_vignettes.R
@@ -7,29 +7,29 @@ RunRmdChunks <-  function(fileRmd,
                           tmpFolder = "../tmp",
                           force.eval = TRUE) {
   dir.create(tmpFolder, showWarnings = FALSE)
-  output = file.path(tmpFolder,
+  output <- file.path(tmpFolder,
                      gsub("\\.Rmd", "\\.R", basename(fileRmd), ignore.case = TRUE))
   knitr::purl(fileRmd, output = output, quiet = TRUE)
-  sTxt = readLines(output)
+  sTxt <- readLines(output)
   if (force.eval) {
-    sectionLines = grep("^## ----", sTxt)
-    chunksEvalStart = grep("^## ----.*eval=F", sTxt)
+    sectionLines <- grep("^## ----", sTxt)
+    chunksEvalStart <- grep("^## ----.*eval=F", sTxt)
     if (length(chunksEvalStart) > 0) {
       if (sectionLines[length(sectionLines)] == chunksEvalStart[length(chunksEvalStart)]) {
-        lastEvalStart = length(chunksEvalStart) - 1
+        lastEvalStart <- length(chunksEvalStart) - 1
       } else {
-        lastEvalStart = length(chunksEvalStart)
+        lastEvalStart <- length(chunksEvalStart)
       }
       # Search for end lines of eval=F chunks
-      chunksEvalEnd = sectionLines[sapply(chunksEvalStart[1:lastEvalStart], function(x) {which(sectionLines == x)}) + 1] - 1
-      if(lastEvalStart) {
+      chunksEvalEnd <- sectionLines[sapply(chunksEvalStart[1:lastEvalStart], function(x) {which(sectionLines == x)}) + 1] - 1
+      if (lastEvalStart) {
         # Add last line if last chunk is eval=FALSE
-        chunksEvalEnd = c(chunksEvalEnd, length(sTxt))
+        chunksEvalEnd <- c(chunksEvalEnd, length(sTxt))
       }
-      chunksEvalStart = chunksEvalStart + 1 # Chunks begin one line after the section comment
+      chunksEvalStart <- chunksEvalStart + 1 # Chunks begin one line after the section comment
       for (i in 1:length(chunksEvalStart)) {
         # Remove comments on eval=F chunk lines
-        sTxt[chunksEvalStart[i]:chunksEvalEnd[i]] = gsub(pattern = "^## ",
+        sTxt[chunksEvalStart[i]:chunksEvalEnd[i]] <- gsub(pattern = "^## ",
                                                          replace = "",
                                                          x = sTxt[chunksEvalStart[i]:chunksEvalEnd[i]])
       }
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ RunRmdChunks <-  function(fileRmd,
   sTxt <- removeFromGrep("^summary\\(.*\\)$", sTxt)
   sTxt <- removeFromGrep("^str\\(.*\\)$", sTxt)
   # Switch echo off for some functions
-  sTxt = gsub("trace\\s?=\\s?[0-9]+", "trace = 0", sTxt)
+  sTxt <- gsub("trace\\s?=\\s?[0-9]+", "trace = 0", sTxt)
   # Add parameters to example calls
-  exLines = grep("^example\\(.*\\)", sTxt)
-  sTxt[exLines] = paste0(substr(sTxt[exLines], 1, nchar(sTxt[exLines]) - 1), ", echo = FALSE, verbose = FALSE, ask = FALSE)")
+  exLines <- grep("^example\\(.*\\)", sTxt)
+  sTxt[exLines] <- paste0(substr(sTxt[exLines], 1, nchar(sTxt[exLines]) - 1), ", echo = FALSE, verbose = FALSE, ask = FALSE)")
   # Remove question "Hit <Return> to see next plot"
-  sTxt = c("par(ask=F)", sTxt)
+  sTxt <- c("par(ask=F)", sTxt)
   # Write the transformed script
   writeLines(sTxt, output)
   # Silently run the chunks
-  invisible(capture.output(suppressMessages(suppressWarnings(source(output))), type="output"))
+  invisible(capture.output(suppressMessages(suppressWarnings(source(output))), type = "output"))
   return(TRUE)
 }
 
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ RunRmdChunks <-  function(fileRmd,
 #'
 #' @return 
 TestQmmQlsConversion <- function(BasinObs, BasinArea, tolerance = 1E-7) {
-  Conversion = BasinArea * 1000^2 / 1000 * 1000 # km2 -> m2, mm -> m and m3 -> L
-  Conversion = Conversion / 86400 # Day -> seconds
-  notNA = which(!is.na(BasinObs$Qmm))
-  expect_equal(BasinObs$Qmm[notNA] * Conversion, BasinObs$Qls[notNA], tolerance=tolerance)
+  Conversion <- BasinArea * 1000^2 / 1000 * 1000 # km2 -> m2, mm -> m and m3 -> L
+  Conversion <- Conversion / 86400 # Day -> seconds
+  notNA <- which(!is.na(BasinObs$Qmm))
+  expect_equal(BasinObs$Qmm[notNA] * Conversion, BasinObs$Qls[notNA], tolerance = tolerance)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-vignettes.R b/tests/testthat/test-vignettes.R
index 90e892914f4febb24958d23623827ba8c51daff6..cf140c96ed01c6207004b5daa63cecb1be93a8de 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-vignettes.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-vignettes.R
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ context("Test vignette chunks")
 
 test_that("V01_get_started works", {
   skip_on_cran()
-  rm(list=ls())
+  rm(list = ls())
   expect_true(RunRmdChunks("../../vignettes/V01_get_started.Rmd"))
   TestQmmQlsConversion(BasinObs, BasinInfo$BasinArea)
 })
@@ -10,31 +10,31 @@ test_that("V01_get_started works", {
 test_that("V02.1_param_optim works", {
   skip_on_cran()
   skip("hydroPSO not working presently")
-  rm(list=ls())
+  rm(list = ls())
   expect_true(RunRmdChunks("../../vignettes/V02.1_param_optim.Rmd"))
 })
 
 test_that("V02.2_param_mcmc works", {
   skip_on_cran()
-  rm(list=ls())
+  rm(list = ls())
   load(system.file("vignettesData/vignetteParamMCMC.rda", package = "airGR"))
   rda_gelRub <- gelRub
   rda_multDRAM <- multDRAM
   expect_true(RunRmdChunks("../../vignettes/V02.2_param_mcmc.Rmd"))
-  expect_equal(gelRub, rda_gelRub, tolerance=1E-7)
-  expect_equal(multDRAM, rda_multDRAM, tolerance=1E-7)
+  expect_equal(gelRub, rda_gelRub, tolerance = 1E-7)
+  expect_equal(multDRAM, rda_multDRAM, tolerance = 1E-7)
 })
 
 test_that("V03_param_sets_GR4J works", {
   skip_on_cran()
-  rm(list=ls())
+  rm(list = ls())
   expect_true(RunRmdChunks("../../vignettes/V03_param_sets_GR4J.Rmd"))
 
 })
 
 test_that("V04_cemaneige_hysteresis works", {
   skip_on_cran()
-  rm(list=ls())
+  rm(list = ls())
   load(system.file("vignettesData/vignetteCNHysteresis.rda", package = "airGR"))
   rda_OutputsCrit_Cal <- OutputsCrit_Cal
   rda_OutputsCrit_Cal_NoHyst <- OutputsCrit_Cal_NoHyst
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ test_that("V04_cemaneige_hysteresis works", {
   rda_OutputsCrit_Val_NoHyst <- OutputsCrit_Val_NoHyst
   expect_true(RunRmdChunks("../../vignettes/V04_cemaneige_hysteresis.Rmd"))
   TestQmmQlsConversion(BasinObs, BasinInfo$BasinArea)
-  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Cal, rda_OutputsCrit_Cal, tolerance=1E-7)
-  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Cal_NoHyst, rda_OutputsCrit_Cal_NoHyst, tolerance=1E-7)
-  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Val, rda_OutputsCrit_Val, tolerance=1E-7)
-  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Val_NoHyst, rda_OutputsCrit_Val_NoHyst, tolerance=1E-7)
+  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Cal, rda_OutputsCrit_Cal, tolerance = 1E-7)
+  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Cal_NoHyst, rda_OutputsCrit_Cal_NoHyst, tolerance = 1E-7)
+  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Val, rda_OutputsCrit_Val, tolerance = 1E-7)
+  expect_equal(OutputsCrit_Val_NoHyst, rda_OutputsCrit_Val_NoHyst, tolerance = 1E-7)
 })