diff --git a/src/messagetypes/__init__.py b/src/messagetypes/__init__.py
index ad1aee9c..01248197 100644
--- a/src/messagetypes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/messagetypes/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+"""
+src/messagetypes/__init__.py
+============================
+"""
 from importlib import import_module
 from os import path, listdir
 from string import lower
@@ -9,12 +13,15 @@ from debug import logger
 import messagetypes
 import paths
 
-class MsgBase(object):
-    def encode(self):
+
+class MsgBase(object):    # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+    """Base class for message types"""
+    def __init__(self):
         self.data = {"": lower(type(self).__name__)}
 
 
 def constructObject(data):
+    """Constructing an object"""
     whitelist = ["message"]
     if data[""] not in whitelist:
         return None
diff --git a/src/messagetypes/message.py b/src/messagetypes/message.py
index f52c6b35..cd5bf762 100644
--- a/src/messagetypes/message.py
+++ b/src/messagetypes/message.py
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
+"""
+src/messagetypes/message.py
+===========================
+"""
 from debug import logger
 from messagetypes import MsgBase
 
 
 class Message(MsgBase):
-    def __init__(self):
-        return
+    """Encapsulate a message"""
+    # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
 
     def decode(self, data):
+        """Decode a message"""
         # UTF-8 and variable type validator
-        if type(data["subject"]) is str:
+        if isinstance(data["subject"], str):
             self.subject = unicode(data["subject"], 'utf-8', 'replace')
         else:
             self.subject = unicode(str(data["subject"]), 'utf-8', 'replace')
-        if type(data["body"]) is str:
+        if isinstance(data["body"], str):
             self.body = unicode(data["body"], 'utf-8', 'replace')
         else:
             self.body = unicode(str(data["body"]), 'utf-8', 'replace')
 
     def encode(self, data):
-        super(Message, self).encode()
+        """Encode a message"""
+        super(Message, self).__init__()
         try:
             self.data["subject"] = data["subject"]
             self.data["body"] = data["body"]
@@ -27,5 +33,6 @@ class Message(MsgBase):
         return self.data
 
     def process(self):
+        """Process a message"""
         logger.debug("Subject: %i bytes", len(self.subject))
         logger.debug("Body: %i bytes", len(self.body))
diff --git a/src/messagetypes/vote.py b/src/messagetypes/vote.py
index df8d267f..e128e9ba 100644
--- a/src/messagetypes/vote.py
+++ b/src/messagetypes/vote.py
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
+"""
+src/messagetypes/vote.py
+========================
+"""
 from debug import logger
 from messagetypes import MsgBase
 
+
 class Vote(MsgBase):
-    def __init__(self):
-        return
+    """Module used to vote"""
 
     def decode(self, data):
+        """decode a vote"""
+        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
         self.msgid = data["msgid"]
         self.vote = data["vote"]
 
     def encode(self, data):
-        super(Vote, self).encode()
+        """Encode a vote"""
+        super(Vote, self).__init__()
         try:
             self.data["msgid"] = data["msgid"]
             self.data["vote"] = data["vote"]
         except KeyError as e:
-            logger.error("Missing key %s", e.name)
+            logger.error("Missing key %s", e)
         return self.data
 
     def process(self):
+        """Encode a vote"""
         logger.debug("msgid: %s", self.msgid)
         logger.debug("vote: %s", self.vote)