diff --git a/client/cli/bam.py b/client/cli/bam.py
index 6d9b273..45cc34c 100755
--- a/client/cli/bam.py
+++ b/client/cli/bam.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class bam_commands:
     @staticmethod
     def update(paths):
         # Load project configuration
-        cfg = bam_config.load(abort=True)
+        # cfg = bam_config.load(abort=True)
 
         # TODO(cam) multiple paths
         session_rootdir = bam_config.find_sessiondir(paths[0], abort=True)
@@ -861,7 +861,6 @@ class bam_commands:
         # bytes needed for blendfile_path_remap API
         paths = [p.encode('utf-8') for p in paths]
 
-
         if not os.path.exists(filepath_remap):
             fatal("Remap not started, run with 'start', (%r not found)" % filepath_remap)
 
@@ -891,7 +890,6 @@ class bam_commands:
             fatal("remapping not started, nothing to do!")
 
 
-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Argument Parser
 
diff --git a/modules/bam_utils/system.py b/modules/bam_utils/system.py
index cfe1e81..a0fdfde 100644
--- a/modules/bam_utils/system.py
+++ b/modules/bam_utils/system.py
@@ -91,4 +91,3 @@ def write_json_to_file(path, data):
                 # optional (pretty)
                 sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '),
                 )
-
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index de12a6a..954e5bd 100755
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ class BamRemapTest(BamSimpleTestCase):
         # absolute path: (project relative) -->
         # checkout path: (relative to blend)
         blendfile_pair = ("shots/01/shot_01.blend", "new/deeply/nested/path/testme.blend")
-        images =(
+        images = (
             ("maps/generic.png", "foobar/another.png"),
             ("shots/01/maps/special.png", "blah/image.png"),
             )
diff --git a/webservice/bam/application/__init__.py b/webservice/bam/application/__init__.py
index 0784fb4..56f39be 100644
--- a/webservice/bam/application/__init__.py
+++ b/webservice/bam/application/__init__.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DirectoryAPI(Resource):
         parser = reqparse.RequestParser()
         # parser.add_argument('rate', type=int, help='Rate cannot be converted')
         parser.add_argument('path', type=str)
-        args = parser.parse_args()
+        # args = parser.parse_args()
         super(DirectoryAPI, self).__init__()
 
     def get(self, project_name):
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class FileAPI(Resource):
         parser.add_argument('arguments', type=str)
         parser.add_argument('files', type=werkzeug.datastructures.FileStorage,
             location='files')
-        args = parser.parse_args()
+        # args = parser.parse_args()
 
         super(FileAPI, self).__init__()
 
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ class FileAPI(Resource):
                 yield from blendfile_pack.pack(
                         filepath.encode('utf-8'), filepath_zip.encode('utf-8'), mode='ZIP',
                         paths_remap_relbase=paths_remap_relbase.encode('utf-8'),
-                        # TODO(cam) this just means the json is written in the zip
                         deps_remap=deps_remap, paths_remap=paths_remap, paths_uuid=paths_uuid,
                         all_deps=all_deps,
                         report=report,