diff --git a/packages/node/node.go b/packages/node/node.go
index 84c461318db523c50b0887a861a6db8c64f8db34..af82862d9475302107932da07b82d2803364a653 100644
--- a/packages/node/node.go
+++ b/packages/node/node.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package node
 
 import (
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/parameter"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/parameter"
+
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/daemon"
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/node/parameters.go b/packages/node/parameters.go
index f1acb90c4d4f9cf573b1630d961274c3f5b27959..78862fea3bde0bbb1f48b1a0834d936dd5726470 100644
--- a/packages/node/parameters.go
+++ b/packages/node/parameters.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package node
 
 import (
-	"flag"
+	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/plugins/analysis/webinterface/httpserver/plugin.go b/plugins/analysis/webinterface/httpserver/plugin.go
index b88ca23c05149ae926ac8c693b8dfdb50a98a275..a86fb7dffea3a4a3c139463c04123296f6bae981 100644
--- a/plugins/analysis/webinterface/httpserver/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/analysis/webinterface/httpserver/plugin.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package httpserver
 
-import(
+import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
diff --git a/plugins/autopeering/parameters/parameters.go b/plugins/autopeering/parameters/parameters.go
index 12b9b402afb28005b23f0705b27d260abdff284f..9903d1db5deb74fd991604498e2738a5873f5fce 100644
--- a/plugins/autopeering/parameters/parameters.go
+++ b/plugins/autopeering/parameters/parameters.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package parameters
 
 import (
-	"flag"
+	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/plugins/autopeering/server/tcp/server.go b/plugins/autopeering/server/tcp/server.go
index 5b9c2812484f6eb6387946b21348d7f1210b30cf..a5b839512a17860e13a620e6e3179ba8a4ef06b0 100644
--- a/plugins/autopeering/server/tcp/server.go
+++ b/plugins/autopeering/server/tcp/server.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package tcp
 
 import (
+	"math"
+	"net"
+
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/daemon"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/network/tcp"
@@ -12,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/parameter"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"math"
-	"net"
 )
 
 var server = tcp.NewServer()
diff --git a/plugins/cli/cli.go b/plugins/cli/cli.go
index 0051c1a1d8b8bdcac9eebfa4f22bf2808dbd6aaa..3d5a872254c4c1b1d17b762bf522a38b2aafcfe2 100644
--- a/plugins/cli/cli.go
+++ b/plugins/cli/cli.go
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/parameter"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/parameter"
+	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/node"
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/cli/plugin.go b/plugins/cli/plugin.go
index bd77e2d5f450e4913ec7a3ea33760ed147b2f1d2..c7ac5908de2e11e44126b2750cc5dd65c3dcc784 100644
--- a/plugins/cli/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/cli/plugin.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/events"
+	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+
 	"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/packages/node"
 	"github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/parameter"
 )
diff --git a/plugins/gossip/neighbors.go b/plugins/gossip/neighbors.go
index 51c40c7ae67a266d599e584cce7e0578d8660d06..231076791620bf3a0e4a35c80af5b0493e81516f 100644
--- a/plugins/gossip/neighbors.go
+++ b/plugins/gossip/neighbors.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package gossip
 
-import(
+import (
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"