diff --git a/script/maxscale-uncrustify.sh b/script/maxscale-uncrustify.sh
index d5a48d41a..2836b4070 100755
--- a/script/maxscale-uncrustify.sh
+++ b/script/maxscale-uncrustify.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 currdir=$(dirname $(realpath $0))
 
-$currdir/list-src -x 'sqlite-src-3110100 pcre2' $currdir/..|xargs uncrustify -c $currdir/../uncrustify.cfg --no-backup --mtime
+$currdir/list-src -x 'sqlite-src-3110100 pcre2 build' $currdir/.. | xargs uncrustify -c $currdir/../uncrustify.cfg --no-backup --mtime
 
diff --git a/uncrustify.cfg b/uncrustify.cfg
index b92f76baa..ff1da8148 100644
--- a/uncrustify.cfg
+++ b/uncrustify.cfg
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ nl_class_colon                  = ignore   # ignore/add/remove/force
 
 # Add or remove a newline around a class constructor colon.
 # Related to nl_constr_init_args, pos_constr_colon and pos_constr_comma.
-nl_constr_colon                 = ignore   # ignore/add/remove/force
+nl_constr_colon                 = add   # ignore/add/remove/force
 
 # If true turns two liner namespace to one liner,else will make then four liners
 #0.67 nl_namespace_two_to_one_liner   = false    # false/true