diff --git a/vllm_gaudi/extension/bucketing/linear.py b/vllm_gaudi/extension/bucketing/linear.py
index abd9a745..584eec44 100644
--- a/vllm_gaudi/extension/bucketing/linear.py
+++ b/vllm_gaudi/extension/bucketing/linear.py
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
 from vllm_gaudi.extension.runtime import get_config
 
 
-
 class LinearBucketingStrategy:
-    def get_prompt_buckets(self, max_num_prefill_seqs, block_size, 
+    def get_prompt_buckets(self, max_num_prefill_seqs, block_size,
                            max_num_batched_tokens, max_model_len):
         use_merged_prefill = get_config().merged_prefill
         prefix_caching = get_config().prefix_caching
@@ -33,9 +32,9 @@ def get_prompt_buckets(self, max_num_prefill_seqs, block_size,
             new_prompt_bs_bucket_cfg = prompt_bs_bucket_cfg
             new_prompt_seq_bucket_cfg = prompt_seq_bucket_cfg
             msg = ('Merged prefill is enabled!\n'
-                  'Overriding prompt bucketing settings!\n'
-                  f'prompt bs cfg: {prev_prompt_bs_bucket_cfg} -> {new_prompt_bs_bucket_cfg}\n'
-                  f'prompt seq cfg: {prev_prompt_seq_bucket_cfg} -> {new_prompt_seq_bucket_cfg}\n')
+                   'Overriding prompt bucketing settings!\n'
+                   f'prompt bs cfg: {prev_prompt_bs_bucket_cfg} -> {new_prompt_bs_bucket_cfg}\n'
+                   f'prompt seq cfg: {prev_prompt_seq_bucket_cfg} -> {new_prompt_seq_bucket_cfg}\n')
             logger().info(msg)
 
         msg = ("Prompt bucket config (min, step, max_warmup) "
@@ -45,16 +44,16 @@ def get_prompt_buckets(self, max_num_prefill_seqs, block_size,
 
         prompt_buckets, prompt_omitted_buckets = \
             generate_prompt_buckets(
-            prompt_bs_bucket_cfg,
-            prompt_seq_bucket_cfg,
-            block_size,
-            prefix_caching,
-            max_num_batched_tokens)
+                prompt_bs_bucket_cfg,
+                prompt_seq_bucket_cfg,
+                block_size,
+                prefix_caching,
+                max_num_batched_tokens)
 
         return sorted(prompt_buckets)
 
-    def get_decode_buckets(self, max_num_seqs, block_size, 
-                           max_num_batched_tokens, max_model_len, 
+    def get_decode_buckets(self, max_num_seqs, block_size,
+                           max_num_batched_tokens, max_model_len,
                            max_blocks):
         prefix_caching = get_config().prefix_caching
 
@@ -115,8 +114,8 @@ def warmup_range(config: Tuple[int, int, int]):
                           "set VLLM_SKIP_WARMUP=true")
     base = itertools.repeat(2)
     ramp_up_acc = itertools.accumulate(base, func=operator.mul, initial=bmin)
-    ramp_up_tw = itertools.takewhile(lambda x: x < bstep and x <= bmax, \
-        ramp_up_acc)
+    ramp_up_tw = itertools.takewhile(lambda x: x < bstep and x <= bmax,
+                                     ramp_up_acc)
     stable = range(bstep, bmax + 1, bstep)
     buckets = list(ramp_up_tw) + list(stable)
     return list(filter(lambda bucket: bucket >= bmin, buckets))
@@ -141,8 +140,8 @@ def generate_prompt_buckets(bs_bucket_config,
         buckets = buckets_3d
     else:
         buckets = list(
-                itertools.product(batch_size_buckets,
-                                seq_bucket_config, [0]))
+            itertools.product(batch_size_buckets,
+                              seq_bucket_config, [0]))
 
     if len(buckets) == 0:
         msg = ("No buckets could be captured with following config "
@@ -156,13 +155,13 @@ def generate_prompt_buckets(bs_bucket_config,
         # Remove buckets exceeding batch token budget
         filtered_buckets = list(
             filter(
-                lambda bucket: bucket[0] * (bucket[1] +  bucket[2] * block_size) <= max_num_batched_tokens,
+                lambda bucket: bucket[0] * (bucket[1] + bucket[2] * block_size) <= max_num_batched_tokens,
                 buckets))
 
         if len(filtered_buckets) == 0:
             # we can handle this if we ignore max_num_batched_tokens
             min_bucket_bs, min_bucket_seq, min_bucket_ctx = min(buckets,
-                                                key=lambda b: (b[0] * b[1]))
+                                                                key=lambda b: (b[0] * b[1]))
             min_reqd_budget = min_bucket_bs * (min_bucket_seq + min_bucket_ctx * block_size)
             msg = (
                 "The current bucketing configuration "
@@ -192,11 +191,9 @@ def generate_decode_buckets(bs_bucket_config, blocks_bucket_config,
     bs_buckets = warmup_range(bs_bucket_config)
     use_contiguous_pa = get_config().use_contiguous_pa
     block_buckets = warmup_range(blocks_bucket_config)
-    if max_blocks not in block_buckets and use_contiguous_pa:
-        block_buckets.append(max_blocks)
     last_bucket = max_blocks
     for bs in bs_buckets:
-        max_blocks_including_max_model_len = bs * math.ceil(max_model_len / block_size) 
+        max_blocks_including_max_model_len = bs * math.ceil(max_model_len / block_size)
         for blocks in block_buckets:
             if bs > blocks:
                 # Skip a dummy case when bs > blocks, which cannot occur in real execution