diff --git a/src/bitmessagecurses/__init__.py b/src/bitmessagecurses/__init__.py
index a3cf5398..d4b72f8c 100644
--- a/src/bitmessagecurses/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bitmessagecurses/__init__.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def drawtab(stdscr):
             stdscr.addstr(6, 18, "Connections", curses.A_BOLD)
             stdscr.hline(7, 6, '-', 23)
             streamcount = []
-            for host, stream in connected_hosts:
+            for _, stream in connected_hosts:
                 if stream >= len(streamcount):
                     streamcount.append(1)
                 else:
diff --git a/src/bitmessageqt/statusbar.py b/src/bitmessageqt/statusbar.py
index 7f559197..68ddba3f 100644
--- a/src/bitmessageqt/statusbar.py
+++ b/src/bitmessageqt/statusbar.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
-from queue.Queue import Queue
 from time import time
 
 class BMStatusBar(QtGui.QStatusBar):
diff --git a/src/knownnodes.py b/src/knownnodes.py
index a2327625..48194d9d 100644
--- a/src/knownnodes.py
+++ b/src/knownnodes.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def json_serialize_knownnodes(output):
     for stream, peers in iter(knownNodes.items()):
         for peer, info in iter(peers.items()):
             info.update(rating=round(info.get('rating', 0), 2))
+            # pylint: disable=unidiomatic-typecheck
             if type(peer[0]) != bytes:
                 _serialized.append({'stream': stream, 'peer': peer._asdict(), 'info': info})
             else:
diff --git a/src/network/connectionpool.py b/src/network/connectionpool.py
index 36f8c2b3..159f66f3 100644
--- a/src/network/connectionpool.py
+++ b/src/network/connectionpool.py
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ class BMConnectionPool(object):
     def startListening(self, bind=None):
         """Open a listening socket and start accepting connections on it"""
         if bind is None:
-            """this return blank host"""
             bind = self.getListeningIP()
         port = BMConfigParser().safeGetInt("bitmessagesettings", "port")
         # correct port even if it changed
@@ -325,6 +324,7 @@ class BMConnectionPool(object):
                         continue
 
                     try:
+                        # pylint: disable=unidiomatic-typecheck
                         if type(chosen.host) == bytes:
                             onion = '.onion'.encode()
                         else:
diff --git a/src/pyelliptic/arithmetic.py b/src/pyelliptic/arithmetic.py
index 566be794..f6690a25 100644
--- a/src/pyelliptic/arithmetic.py
+++ b/src/pyelliptic/arithmetic.py
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ def get_code_string(base):
     elif base == 58:
         return "123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz"
     elif base == 256:
-        '''raw_unicode_escape is used because in the python3 after range(161) its genreate
-         the speical character so avoiding that function we have used the raw_unicode method '''
+        # raw_unicode_escape is used because in the python3 after range(161) its genreate
+        # the speical character so avoiding that function we have used the raw_unicode method
         return bytes(range(0, 256))
     else:
         raise ValueError("Invalid base!")
diff --git a/src/queues.py b/src/queues.py
index 6a76adb6..bbd13fb7 100644
--- a/src/queues.py
+++ b/src/queues.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class ObjectProcessorQueue(Queue.Queue):
         self.curSize = 0
 
     def put(self, item, block=True, timeout=None):
+        """Putting values in queues"""
         while self.curSize >= self.maxSize:
             time.sleep(1)
         with self.sizeLock:
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class ObjectProcessorQueue(Queue.Queue):
         Queue.Queue.put(self, item, block, timeout)
 
     def get(self, block=True, timeout=None):
+        """Getting values from queues"""
         item = Queue.Queue.get(self, block, timeout)
         with self.sizeLock:
             self.curSize -= len(item[1])