diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index b54fd1e..2215651 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ ignore =
     # E128,
     # E501 line too long
     E501
+    # W504 line break after binary operator
+    W504
 exclude = .git,__pycache__,venv
diff --git a/leech.py b/leech.py
index e068fa5..d3688f0 100755
--- a/leech.py
+++ b/leech.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ def create_session(cache):
     lwp_cookiejar = http.cookiejar.LWPCookieJar()
     try:
         lwp_cookiejar.load('leech.cookies', ignore_discard=True)
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
+        # This file is very much optional, so this log isn't really necessary
+        # logging.exception("Couldn't load cookies from leech.cookies")
         pass
     session.cookies = lwp_cookiejar
     session.headers.update({
diff --git a/sites/ao3.py b/sites/ao3.py
index ec9f06f..17f1cd3 100644
--- a/sites/ao3.py
+++ b/sites/ao3.py
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ class ArchiveOfOurOwn(Site):
                 "(%Y-%m-%d)"
             )
 
-            contents = self._chapter(soup.find(id='chapter-{}'.format(index+1)))
-
-            story.add(Chapter(title=link.string, contents=contents, date=updated))
+            story.add(Chapter(
+                title=link.string,
+                contents=self._chapter(soup.find(id='chapter-{}'.format(index + 1))),
+                date=updated
+            ))
 
         return story
 
diff --git a/sites/deviantart.py b/sites/deviantart.py
index df30e92..0baec17 100644
--- a/sites/deviantart.py
+++ b/sites/deviantart.py
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ class DeviantArt(Stash):
             return
         for thumb in thumbs:
             try:
-                if thumb['href'] is not '#':
+                if thumb['href'] != '#':
                     story.add(self._chapter(thumb['href']))
-            except Exception as e:
+            except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Couldn't extract chapters from thumbs")
 
         return story
diff --git a/sites/fanfictionnet.py b/sites/fanfictionnet.py
index 7f86aed..32f9172 100644
--- a/sites/fanfictionnet.py
+++ b/sites/fanfictionnet.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class FanFictionNet(Site):
         try:
             for tag in text.find_all(True):
                 tag.attrs = None
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             logger.exception("Trouble cleaning attributes")
 
         return text.prettify()
diff --git a/sites/royalroad.py b/sites/royalroad.py
index c40fe57..73f4d52 100644
--- a/sites/royalroad.py
+++ b/sites/royalroad.py
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ class RoyalRoad(Site):
 
         author_note = soup.find_all('div', class_='author-note-portlet')
 
-        if len(author_note) is 1:
+        if len(author_note) == 1:
             # Find the parent of chapter-content and check if the author's note is the first child div
             if 'author-note-portlet' in soup.find('div', class_='chapter-content').parent.find('div')['class']:
                 content = author_note[0].prettify() + '<hr/>' + content
             else:  # The author note must be after the chapter content
                 content = content + '<hr/>' + author_note[0].prettify()
-        elif len(author_note) is 2:
+        elif len(author_note) == 2:
             content = author_note[0].prettify() + '<hr/>' + content + '<hr/>' + author_note[1].prettify()
 
         updated = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
diff --git a/sites/stash.py b/sites/stash.py
index 9c77b83..952b08b 100644
--- a/sites/stash.py
+++ b/sites/stash.py
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ class Stash(Site):
             return
         for thumb in thumbs:
             try:
-                if thumb['href'] is not '#':
+                if thumb['href'] != '#':
                     story.add(self._chapter(thumb['href']))
-            except Exception as e:
+            except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Couldn't extract chapters from thumbs")
 
         return story