diff --git a/tubesync/common/json.py b/tubesync/common/json.py
index e8a22e1c..5a56a019 100644
--- a/tubesync/common/json.py
+++ b/tubesync/common/json.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+from datetime import datetime
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
+from yt_dlp.utils import LazyList
 
 
 class JSONEncoder(DjangoJSONEncoder):
@@ -14,3 +16,11 @@ class JSONEncoder(DjangoJSONEncoder):
             return list(iterable)
         return super().default(obj)
 
+
+def json_serial(obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, datetime):
+        return obj.isoformat()
+    if isinstance(obj, LazyList):
+        return list(obj)
+    raise TypeError(f'Type {type(obj)} is not json_serial()-able')
+
diff --git a/tubesync/common/urls.py b/tubesync/common/urls.py
index 1f29056d..a3e00a84 100644
--- a/tubesync/common/urls.py
+++ b/tubesync/common/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.urls import path
 from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
-from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from .views import error403, error404, error500, HealthCheckView
 
diff --git a/tubesync/common/utils.py b/tubesync/common/utils.py
index c4798943..8f7afc2c 100644
--- a/tubesync/common/utils.py
+++ b/tubesync/common/utils.py
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ import os
 import pstats
 import string
 import time
-from datetime import datetime
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 from urllib.parse import urlunsplit, urlencode, urlparse
-from yt_dlp.utils import LazyList
 from .errors import DatabaseConnectionError
 
 
@@ -84,14 +82,11 @@ def parse_database_connection_string(database_connection_string):
                                       f'invalid driver, must be one of {valid_drivers}')
     django_driver = django_backends.get(driver)
     host_parts = user_pass_host_port.split('@')
-    if len(host_parts) != 2:
-        raise DatabaseConnectionError(f'Database connection string netloc must be in '
-                                      f'the format of user:pass@host')
+    user_pass_parts = host_parts[0].split(':')
+    if len(host_parts) != 2 or len(user_pass_parts) != 2:
+        raise DatabaseConnectionError('Database connection string netloc must be in '
+                                      'the format of user:pass@host')
     user_pass, host_port = host_parts
-    user_pass_parts = user_pass.split(':')
-    if len(user_pass_parts) != 2:
-        raise DatabaseConnectionError(f'Database connection string netloc must be in '
-                                      f'the format of user:pass@host')
     username, password = user_pass_parts
     host_port_parts = host_port.split(':')
     if len(host_port_parts) == 1:
@@ -113,13 +108,13 @@ def parse_database_connection_string(database_connection_string):
                                           f'65535, got {port}')
     else:
         # Malformed
-        raise DatabaseConnectionError(f'Database connection host must be a hostname or '
-                                      f'a hostname:port combination')
+        raise DatabaseConnectionError('Database connection host must be a hostname or '
+                                      'a hostname:port combination')
     if database.startswith('/'):
         database = database[1:]
     if not database:
-        raise DatabaseConnectionError(f'Database connection string path must be a '
-                                      f'string in the format of /databasename')    
+        raise DatabaseConnectionError('Database connection string path must be a '
+                                      'string in the format of /databasename')    
     if '/' in database:
         raise DatabaseConnectionError(f'Database connection string path can only '
                                       f'contain a single string name, got: {database}')
@@ -172,14 +167,6 @@ def clean_emoji(s):
     return emoji.replace_emoji(s)
 
 
-def json_serial(obj):
-    if isinstance(obj, datetime):
-        return obj.isoformat()
-    if isinstance(obj, LazyList):
-        return list(obj)
-    raise TypeError(f'Type {type(obj)} is not json_serial()-able')
-
-
 def time_func(func):
     def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         start = time.perf_counter()
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/fields.py b/tubesync/sync/fields.py
index 452fee77..e489ff08 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/fields.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/fields.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class CommaSepChoiceField(models.CharField):
     def __init__(self, *args, separator=",", possible_choices=(("","")), all_choice="", all_label="All", allow_all=False, **kwargs):
         kwargs.setdefault('max_length', 128)
         self.separator = str(separator)
-        self.possible_choices = possible_choices or choices
+        self.possible_choices = possible_choices or kwargs.get('choices')
         self.selected_choices = list()
         self.allow_all = allow_all
         self.all_label = all_label
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/filtering.py b/tubesync/sync/filtering.py
index 3f7023c1..ef206696 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/filtering.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/filtering.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from common.logger import log
 from .models import Media
 from datetime import datetime
-from django.utils import timezone
 from .overrides.custom_filter import filter_custom
 
 
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/hooks.py b/tubesync/sync/hooks.py
index 3bb3ce0d..467e2df1 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/hooks.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/hooks.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import os
-import yt_dlp
 
 from common.logger import log
 from common.utils import remove_enclosed
-from django.conf import settings
 
 
 progress_hook = {
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/delete-source.py b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/delete-source.py
index 42f9d5ac..d9f8f204 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/delete-source.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/delete-source.py
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-import os
 import uuid
-from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from django.db.transaction import atomic
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from common.logger import log
-from sync.models import Source, Media, MediaServer
+from sync.models import Source
 from sync.tasks import schedule_media_servers_update
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
 
-    help = _('Deletes a source by UUID')
+    help = 'Deletes a source by UUID'
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument('--source', action='store', required=True, help=_('Source UUID'))
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/import-existing-media.py b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/import-existing-media.py
index 3813b497..c05c630a 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/import-existing-media.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/import-existing-media.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError # noqa
 from common.logger import log
 from common.timestamp import timestamp_to_datetime
 from sync.choices import FileExtension
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         dirmap = {}
         for s in Source.objects.all():
             dirmap[str(s.directory_path)] = s
-        log.info(f'Scanning sources...')
+        log.info('Scanning sources...')
         file_extensions = list(FileExtension.values) + self.extra_extensions
         for sourceroot, source in dirmap.items():
             media = list(Media.objects.filter(source=source, downloaded=False,
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/list-sources.py b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/list-sources.py
index 4ee177ae..25eae481 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/list-sources.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/list-sources.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import os
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError # noqa
 from common.logger import log
-from sync.models import Source, Media, MediaServer
+from sync.models import Source
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/reset-tasks.py b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/reset-tasks.py
index 55436863..318a5b27 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/reset-tasks.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/reset-tasks.py
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError # noqa
 from django.db.transaction import atomic
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from background_task.models import Task
+from common.logger import log
 from sync.models import Source
 from sync.tasks import index_source_task, check_source_directory_exists
 
 
-from common.logger import log
-
-
 class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     help = 'Resets all tasks'
@@ -31,10 +29,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 index_source_task(
                     str(source.pk),
                     repeat=source.index_schedule,
+                    schedule=source.index_schedule,
                     verbose_name=verbose_name.format(source.name),
                 )
-        with atomic(durable=True):
-            for source in Source.objects.all():
                 # This also chains down to call each Media objects .save() as well
                 source.save()
+
         log.info('Done')
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/sync-missing-metadata.py b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/sync-missing-metadata.py
index 21b25c52..863f83f9 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/sync-missing-metadata.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/sync-missing-metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import os
 from shutil import copyfile
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError # noqa
 from django.db.models import Q
 from common.logger import log
 from sync.models import Source, Media
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/youtube-dl-info.py b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/youtube-dl-info.py
index 32a47402..c8099765 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/management/commands/youtube-dl-info.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/management/commands/youtube-dl-info.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError # noqa
 from sync.youtube import get_media_info
-from common.utils import json_serial
+from common.json import JSONEncoder
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         url = options['url']
         self.stdout.write(f'Showing information for URL: {url}')
         info = get_media_info(url)
-        d = json.dumps(info, indent=4, sort_keys=True, default=json_serial)
+        d = json.dumps(info, indent=4, sort_keys=True, cls=JSONEncoder)
         self.stdout.write(d)
         self.stdout.write('Done')
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py b/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py
index ceab239f..e141238d 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/mediaservers.py
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ class PlexMediaServer(MediaServer):
             raise ValidationError('Plex Media Server "port" must be between 1 '
                                   'and 65535')
         options = self.object.options
-        if 'token' not in options:
-            raise ValidationError('Plex Media Server requires a "token"')
-        token = options['token'].strip()
         if 'token' not in options:
             raise ValidationError('Plex Media Server requires a "token"')
         if 'libraries' not in options:
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0011_auto_20220201_1654.py b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0011_auto_20220201_1654.py
index 96d9f4a7..51641ece 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0011_auto_20220201_1654.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0011_auto_20220201_1654.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by Django 3.2.11 on 2022-02-01 16:54
 
-import django.core.files.storage
 from django.db import migrations, models
-import sync.models
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0013_fix_elative_media_file.py b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0013_fix_elative_media_file.py
index c9eee22e..2f1ac385 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/migrations/0013_fix_elative_media_file.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/migrations/0013_fix_elative_media_file.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by Django 3.2.12 on 2022-04-06 06:19
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.db import migrations
 
 
 def fix_media_file(apps, schema_editor):
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models/__init__.py b/tubesync/sync/models/__init__.py
index d7ed077c..a850a4e0 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models/__init__.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models/__init__.py
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ from .media import Media
 from .metadata import Metadata
 from .metadata_format import MetadataFormat
 
+__all__ = [
+    'get_media_file_path', 'get_media_thumb_path',
+    'media_file_storage', 'MediaServer', 'Source',
+    'Media', 'Metadata', 'MetadataFormat',
+]
+
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models/_private.py b/tubesync/sync/models/_private.py
index 96539dbe..5ec14d7c 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models/_private.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models/_private.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from ..choices import Val, YouTube_SourceType
+from ..choices import Val, YouTube_SourceType # noqa
 
 
 _srctype_dict = lambda n: dict(zip( YouTube_SourceType.values, (n,) * len(YouTube_SourceType.values) ))
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models/media.py b/tubesync/sync/models/media.py
index 6eb0ed76..11b30f80 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models/media.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models/media.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from common.logger import log
 from common.errors import NoFormatException
+from common.json import JSONEncoder
 from common.utils import (
     clean_filename, clean_emoji,
-    django_queryset_generator as qs_gen,
 )
 from ..youtube import (
     get_media_info as get_youtube_media_info,
@@ -578,14 +578,13 @@ class Media(models.Model):
 
 
     def metadata_dumps(self, arg_dict=dict()):
-        from common.utils import json_serial
         fallback = dict()
         try:
             fallback.update(self.new_metadata.with_formats)
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             pass
         data = arg_dict or fallback
-        return json.dumps(data, separators=(',', ':'), default=json_serial)
+        return json.dumps(data, separators=(',', ':'), cls=JSONEncoder)
 
 
     def metadata_loads(self, arg_str='{}'):
@@ -688,7 +687,7 @@ class Media(models.Model):
                 pass
             setattr(self, '_cached_metadata_dict', data)
             return data
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             return {}
 
 
@@ -1219,7 +1218,7 @@ class Media(models.Model):
                             parent_dir.rmdir()
                             log.info(f'Removed empty directory: {parent_dir!s}')
                             parent_dir = parent_dir.parent
-                    except OSError as e:
+                    except OSError:
                         pass
 
 
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/models/source.py b/tubesync/sync/models/source.py
index 82486521..d85334f0 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/models/source.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/models/source.py
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class Source(db.models.Model):
     def get_example_media_format(self):
         try:
             return self.media_format.format(**self.example_media_format_dict)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             return ''
 
     def is_regex_match(self, media_item_title):
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/signals.py b/tubesync/sync/signals.py
index 790ce1c2..69254146 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/signals.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/signals.py
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from background_task.signals import task_failed
 from background_task.models import Task
 from common.logger import log
-from .models import Source, Media, MediaServer, Metadata
+from .models import Source, Media, Metadata
 from .tasks import (delete_task_by_source, delete_task_by_media, index_source_task,
                     download_media_thumbnail, download_media_metadata,
                     map_task_to_instance, check_source_directory_exists,
-                    download_media, rescan_media_server, download_source_images,
+                    download_media, download_source_images,
                     delete_all_media_for_source, save_all_media_for_source,
                     rename_media, get_media_metadata_task, get_media_download_task)
 from .utils import delete_file, glob_quote, mkdir_p
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def media_post_save(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
     if not (media_file_exists or existing_media_download_task):
         # The file was deleted after it was downloaded, skip this media.
         if instance.can_download and instance.downloaded:
-            skip_changed = True != instance.skip
+            skip_changed = True if not instance.skip else False
             instance.skip = True
         downloaded = False
     if (instance.source.download_media and instance.can_download) and not (
@@ -374,13 +374,13 @@ def media_post_delete(sender, instance, **kwargs):
                         try:
                             p.rmdir()
                             log.info(f'Deleted directory for: {instance} path: {p!s}')
-                        except OSError as e:
+                        except OSError:
                             pass
                 # Delete the directory itself
                 try:
                     other_path.rmdir()
                     log.info(f'Deleted directory for: {instance} path: {other_path!s}')
-                except OSError as e:
+                except OSError:
                     pass
         # Get all files that start with the bare file path
         all_related_files = video_path.parent.glob(f'{glob_quote(video_path.with_suffix("").name)}*')
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/tasks.py b/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
index 1cc3d8e0..61cb52a0 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/tasks.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import os
 import json
-import math
 import random
 import requests
 import time
@@ -14,9 +13,8 @@ import uuid
 from io import BytesIO
 from hashlib import sha1
 from pathlib import Path
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import timedelta
 from shutil import copyfile, rmtree
-from PIL import Image
 from django import db
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
@@ -30,13 +28,13 @@ from background_task.exceptions import InvalidTaskError
 from background_task.models import Task, CompletedTask
 from common.logger import log
 from common.errors import ( NoFormatException, NoMediaException,
-                            NoMetadataException, NoThumbnailException,
+                            NoThumbnailException,
                             DownloadFailedException, )
 from common.utils import (  django_queryset_generator as qs_gen,
                             remove_enclosed, )
 from .choices import Val, TaskQueue
 from .models import Source, Media, MediaServer
-from .utils import ( get_remote_image, resize_image_to_height, delete_file,
+from .utils import ( get_remote_image, resize_image_to_height,
                     write_text_file, filter_response, )
 from .youtube import YouTubeError
 
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ def save_model(instance):
 @atomic(durable=False)
 def schedule_media_servers_update():
     # Schedule a task to update media servers
-    log.info(f'Scheduling media server updates')
+    log.info('Scheduling media server updates')
     verbose_name = _('Request media server rescan for "{}"')
     for mediaserver in MediaServer.objects.all():
         rescan_media_server(
@@ -435,7 +433,7 @@ def download_source_images(source_id):
     log.info(f'Thumbnail URL for source with ID: {source_id} / {source} '
         f'Avatar: {avatar} '
         f'Banner: {banner}')
-    if banner != None:
+    if banner is not None:
         url = banner
         i = get_remote_image(url)
         image_file = BytesIO()
@@ -451,7 +449,7 @@ def download_source_images(source_id):
                 f.write(django_file.read())
         i = image_file = None
 
-    if avatar != None:
+    if avatar is not None:
         url = avatar
         i = get_remote_image(url)
         image_file = BytesIO()
@@ -866,7 +864,7 @@ def delete_all_media_for_source(source_id, source_name, source_directory):
     assert source_directory
     try:
         source = Source.objects.get(pk=source_id)
-    except Source.DoesNotExist as e:
+    except Source.DoesNotExist:
         # Task triggered but the source no longer exists, do nothing
         log.warn(f'Task delete_all_media_for_source(pk={source_id}) called but no '
                   f'source exists with ID: {source_id}')
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/tests.py b/tubesync/sync/tests.py
index 24f0d092..47089673 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/tests.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/tests.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 
 import logging
-import os
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlsplit
@@ -1822,13 +1821,13 @@ class TasksTestCase(TestCase):
 
         now = timezone.now()
 
-        m11 = Media.objects.create(source=src1, downloaded=True, key='a11', download_date=now - timedelta(days=5))
-        m12 = Media.objects.create(source=src1, downloaded=True, key='a12', download_date=now - timedelta(days=25))
-        m13 = Media.objects.create(source=src1, downloaded=False, key='a13')
+        m11 = Media.objects.create(source=src1, downloaded=True, key='a11', download_date=now - timedelta(days=5)) # noqa
+        m12 = Media.objects.create(source=src1, downloaded=True, key='a12', download_date=now - timedelta(days=25)) # noqa
+        m13 = Media.objects.create(source=src1, downloaded=False, key='a13') # noqa
 
-        m21 = Media.objects.create(source=src2, downloaded=True, key='a21', download_date=now - timedelta(days=5))
+        m21 = Media.objects.create(source=src2, downloaded=True, key='a21', download_date=now - timedelta(days=5)) # noqa
         m22 = Media.objects.create(source=src2, downloaded=True, key='a22', download_date=now - timedelta(days=25))
-        m23 = Media.objects.create(source=src2, downloaded=False, key='a23')
+        m23 = Media.objects.create(source=src2, downloaded=False, key='a23') # noqa
 
         self.assertEqual(src1.media_source.all().count(), 3)
         self.assertEqual(src2.media_source.all().count(), 3)
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/views.py b/tubesync/sync/views.py
index 10cfc5db..4f683834 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/views.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/views.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from .tasks import (map_task_to_instance, get_error_message,
 from .choices import (Val, MediaServerType, SourceResolution, IndexSchedule,
                         YouTube_SourceType, youtube_long_source_types,
                         youtube_help, youtube_validation_urls)
-from . import signals
+from . import signals # noqa
 from . import youtube
 
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class ValidateSourceView(FormView):
                 self.key = youtube.get_channel_id(
                     index_url.replace('/channel/', '/')
                 )
-            except youtube.YouTubeError as e:
+            except youtube.YouTubeError:
                 # It did not work, revert to previous behavior
                 self.key = old_key
                 self.source_type = old_source_type
@@ -296,10 +296,13 @@ class EditSourceMixin:
     def form_valid(self, form: Form):
         # Perform extra validation to make sure the media_format is valid
         obj = form.save(commit=False)
-        source_type = form.cleaned_data['media_format']
+        # temporarily use media_format from the form
+        saved_media_format = obj.media_format
+        obj.media_format = form.cleaned_data['media_format']
         example_media_file = obj.get_example_media_format()
+        obj.media_format = saved_media_format
 
-        if example_media_file == '':
+        if '' == example_media_file:
             form.add_error(
                 'media_format',
                 ValidationError(self.errors['invalid_media_format'])
@@ -307,12 +310,16 @@ class EditSourceMixin:
 
         # Check for suspicious file path(s)
         try:
-            targetCheck = form.cleaned_data['directory']+"/.virt"
-            newdir = safe_join(settings.DOWNLOAD_ROOT,targetCheck)
+            targetCheck = form.cleaned_data['directory'] + '/.virt'
+            safe_join(settings.DOWNLOAD_ROOT, targetCheck)
         except SuspiciousFileOperation:
             form.add_error(
                 'directory',
-                ValidationError(self.errors['dir_outside_dlroot'].replace("%BASEDIR%",str(settings.DOWNLOAD_ROOT)))
+                ValidationError(
+                    self.errors['dir_outside_dlroot'].replace(
+                        "%BASEDIR%", str(settings.DOWNLOAD_ROOT)
+                    )
+                ),
             )
 
         if form.errors:
diff --git a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
index c795261a..7a2ce654 100644
--- a/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
+++ b/tubesync/sync/youtube.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import os
 
-from collections import namedtuple
 from common.logger import log
 from copy import deepcopy
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ def get_channel_image_info(url):
                     avatar_url = thumbnail['url']
                 if thumbnail['id'] == 'banner_uncropped':
                     banner_url = thumbnail['url']
-                if banner_url != None and avatar_url != None:
+                if banner_url is not None and avatar_url is not None:
                     break
 
             return avatar_url, banner_url
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ def get_media_info(url, /, *, days=None, info_json=None):
     if days is not None:
         try:
             days = int(str(days), 10)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
             days = None
         start = (
             f'yesterday-{days!s}days' if days else None
diff --git a/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py b/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py
index 798bd252..3ab7f9ff 100644
--- a/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py
+++ b/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ RENAME_SOURCES = None
 # You have been warned!
 
 try:
-    from .local_settings import *
+    from .local_settings import * # noqa
 except ImportError as e:
     import sys
     sys.stderr.write(f'Unable to import local_settings: {e}\n')
@@ -222,5 +222,5 @@ if BACKGROUND_TASK_ASYNC_THREADS > MAX_BACKGROUND_TASK_ASYNC_THREADS:
     BACKGROUND_TASK_ASYNC_THREADS = MAX_BACKGROUND_TASK_ASYNC_THREADS
 
 
-from .dbutils import patch_ensure_connection
+from .dbutils import patch_ensure_connection # noqa
 patch_ensure_connection()