diff --git a/ping/checks.py b/ping/checks.py
index 85e0f55..07de6c9 100644
--- a/ping/checks.py
+++ b/ping/checks.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
-from ping.defaults import *
+from ping.defaults import PING_DEFAULT_CHECKS, PING_CELERY_TIMEOUT
+
 
 def checks(request):
     """
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@ def checks(request):
     for that check.
     """
     response_dict = {}
-    
-    #Taken straight from Django
-    #If there is a better way, I don't know it
+
+    # Taken straight from Django
+    # If there is a better way, I don't know it
     for path in getattr(settings, 'PING_CHECKS', PING_DEFAULT_CHECKS):
             i = path.rfind('.')
             module, attr = path[:i], path[i+1:]
@@ -25,37 +26,40 @@ def checks(request):
                 func = getattr(mod, attr)
             except AttributeError:
                 raise ImproperlyConfigured('Module "%s" does not define a "%s" callable' % (module, attr))
-            
+
             key, value = func(request)
             response_dict[key] = value
 
     return response_dict
 
-#DEFAULT SYSTEM CHECKS
 
-#Database    
+# DEFAULT SYSTEM CHECKS
+
+# Database
 def check_database_sessions(request):
     from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
     try:
-        session = Session.objects.all()[0]
+        Session.objects.all()[0]
         return 'db_sessions', True
     except:
         return 'db_sessions', False
 
+
 def check_database_sites(request):
     from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
     try:
-        session = Site.objects.all()[0]
+        Site.objects.all()[0]
         return 'db_site', True
     except:
         return 'db_site', False
 
 
-#Caching
+# Caching
 CACHE_KEY = 'django-ping-test'
 CACHE_VALUE = 'abc123'
 
-def check_cache_set(request):        
+
+def check_cache_set(request):
     from django.core.cache import cache
     try:
         cache.set(CACHE_KEY, CACHE_VALUE, 30)
@@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ def check_cache_set(request):
     except:
         return 'cache_set', False
 
-def check_cache_get(request):        
+
+def check_cache_get(request):
     from django.core.cache import cache
     try:
         data = cache.get(CACHE_KEY)
@@ -75,18 +80,18 @@ def check_cache_get(request):
         return 'cache_get', False
 
 
-#User
-def check_user_exists(request):        
+# User
+def check_user_exists(request):
     from django.contrib.auth.models import User
     try:
         username = request.GET.get('username')
-        u = User.objects.get(username=username)
+        User.objects.get(username=username)
         return 'user_exists', True
     except:
         return 'user_exists', False
 
 
-#Celery
+# Celery
 def check_celery(request):
     from datetime import datetime, timedelta
     from time import sleep, time
@@ -95,14 +100,14 @@ def check_celery(request):
     now = time()
     datetimenow = datetime.now()
     expires = datetimenow + timedelta(seconds=getattr(settings, 'PING_CELERY_TIMEOUT', PING_CELERY_TIMEOUT))
-    
+
     try:
         task = sample_task.apply_async(expires=expires)
         while expires > datetime.now():
-            if task.ready() and task.result == True:
+            if task.ready() and task.result is True:
                 finished = str(time() - now)
-                return 'celery', { 'success': True, 'time':finished }
+                return 'celery', {'success': True, 'time': finished}
             sleep(0.25)
-        return 'celery', { 'success': False }
+        return 'celery', {'success': False}
     except Exception:
-        return 'celery', { 'success': False }
+        return 'celery', {'success': False}
diff --git a/ping/decorators.py b/ping/decorators.py
index 0f81073..7fb8bc5 100644
--- a/ping/decorators.py
+++ b/ping/decorators.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from functools import wraps
-import base64
 
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
@@ -7,12 +6,13 @@
 
 from ping.defaults import PING_BASIC_AUTH
 
+
 def http_basic_auth(func):
     """
     Attempts to login user with u/p provided in HTTP_AUTHORIZATION header.
     If successful, returns the view, otherwise returns a 401.
-    If PING_BASIC_AUTH is False, then just return the view function 
-    
+    If PING_BASIC_AUTH is False, then just return the view function
+
     Modified code by:
     http://djangosnippets.org/users/bthomas/
     from
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ def http_basic_auth(func):
     @wraps(func)
     def _decorator(request, *args, **kwargs):
         if getattr(settings, 'PING_BASIC_AUTH', PING_BASIC_AUTH):
-            from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login
-            if request.META.has_key('HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'):
+            if 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' in request.META:
                 authmeth, auth = request.META['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].split(' ', 1)
                 if authmeth.lower() == 'basic':
                     auth = auth.strip().decode('base64')
@@ -37,4 +36,4 @@ def _decorator(request, *args, **kwargs):
                 return HttpResponse("No Credentials Provided", status=401)
         else:
             return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
-    return _decorator
\ No newline at end of file
+    return _decorator
diff --git a/ping/defaults.py b/ping/defaults.py
index 9f9a23f..704c984 100644
--- a/ping/defaults.py
+++ b/ping/defaults.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 PING_BASIC_AUTH = False
 
-PING_CELERY_TIMEOUT = 5
\ No newline at end of file
+PING_CELERY_TIMEOUT = 5
diff --git a/ping/models.py b/ping/models.py
index 0f02227..1bb8bf6 100644
--- a/ping/models.py
+++ b/ping/models.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from django.db import models
\ No newline at end of file
+# empty
diff --git a/ping/tasks.py b/ping/tasks.py
index ac2ce1a..706d7c2 100644
--- a/ping/tasks.py
+++ b/ping/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from celery.task import task
 
+
 @task()
 def sample_task():
-    return True
\ No newline at end of file
+    return True
diff --git a/ping/urls.py b/ping/urls.py
index 78d7c37..a09b814 100644
--- a/ping/urls.py
+++ b/ping/urls.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
+from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
 from ping.views import status
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
+
+urlpatterns = patterns(
+    '',
+
     url(r'^$', status, name='status'),
 )
-
diff --git a/ping/views.py b/ping/views.py
index 82cacd4..a6bf707 100644
--- a/ping/views.py
+++ b/ping/views.py
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils import simplejson
-from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 
-from ping.defaults import *
+from ping.defaults import PING_DEFAULT_RESPONSE, PING_DEFAULT_MIMETYPE
 from ping.checks import checks
 from ping.decorators import http_basic_auth
 
+
 @csrf_exempt
 @http_basic_auth
 def status(request):
     """
     Returns a simple HttpResponse
     """
-        
+
     response = "<h1>%s</h1>" % getattr(settings, 'PING_DEFAULT_RESPONSE', PING_DEFAULT_RESPONSE)
     mimetype = getattr(settings, 'PING_DEFAULT_MIMETYPE', PING_DEFAULT_MIMETYPE)
-    
+
     if request.GET.get('checks') == 'true':
         response_dict = checks(request)
         response += "<dl>"
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ def status(request):
             response_dict = checks(request)
             response = simplejson.dumps(response_dict)
         response = simplejson.dumps(response_dict, sort_keys=True)
-        mimetype = 'application/json'  
+        mimetype = 'application/json'
 
-    return HttpResponse(response, mimetype=mimetype, status=200)
\ No newline at end of file
+    return HttpResponse(response, mimetype=mimetype, status=200)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5412f7..d6ad717 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,27 +2,28 @@
 
 version = '0.2.0'
 
-setup(name='django-ping',
-      version=version,
-      description="Django Monitoring and Availability Utility",
-      long_description="",
-      classifiers=[
-          "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-          "Environment :: Web Environment",
-          "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
-          "Natural Language :: English",
-          "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-          "Programming Language :: Python",
-          "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries",
-          "Topic :: Utilities",
-          "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-          ],
-      keywords='',
-      author='Garrett Pennington',
-      url='',
-      license='MIT',
-      packages=find_packages(),
-      install_requires = [],
-      include_package_data=True,
-      zip_safe=False,
-    )
\ No newline at end of file
+setup(
+    name='django-ping',
+    version=version,
+    description="Django Monitoring and Availability Utility",
+    long_description="",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+        "Environment :: Web Environment",
+        "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: CGI Tools/Libraries",
+        "Topic :: Utilities",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    ],
+    keywords='',
+    author='Garrett Pennington',
+    url='',
+    license='MIT',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[],
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
+)