diff --git a/app/filter.py b/app/filter.py
index 66e9c6e..d03a112 100644
--- a/app/filter.py
+++ b/app/filter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from app.request import VALID_PARAMS
 from app.utils.results import *
-from bs4.element import ResultSet
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from bs4.element import ResultSet, Tag
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 import re
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 
 
 class Filter:
-    def __init__(self, user_keys: dict, mobile=False, config=None):
+    def __init__(self, user_keys: dict, mobile=False, config=None) -> None:
         if config is None:
             config = {}
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class Filter:
     def elements(self):
         return self._elements
 
-    def reskin(self, page):
+    def reskin(self, page: str) -> str:
         # Aesthetic only re-skinning
         if self.dark:
             page = page.replace(
@@ -39,22 +40,22 @@ class Filter:
 
         return page
 
-    def encrypt_path(self, msg, is_element=False):
+    def encrypt_path(self, path, is_element=False) -> str:
         # Encrypts path to avoid plaintext results in logs
         if is_element:
             # Element paths are encrypted separately from text, to allow key
             # regeneration once all items have been served to the user
             enc_path = Fernet(
                 self.user_keys['element_key']
-            ).encrypt(msg.encode()).decode()
+            ).encrypt(path.encode()).decode()
             self._elements += 1
             return enc_path
 
         return Fernet(
             self.user_keys['text_key']
-        ).encrypt(msg.encode()).decode()
+        ).encrypt(path.encode()).decode()
 
-    def clean(self, soup):
+    def clean(self, soup) -> BeautifulSoup:
         self.main_divs = soup.find('div', {'id': 'main'})
         self.remove_ads()
         self.fix_question_section()
@@ -90,7 +91,12 @@ class Filter:
 
         return soup
 
-    def remove_ads(self):
+    def remove_ads(self) -> None:
+        """Removes ads found in the list of search result divs
+
+        Returns:
+            None (The soup object is modified directly)
+        """
         if not self.main_divs:
             return
 
@@ -99,7 +105,16 @@ class Filter:
                        if has_ad_content(_.text)]
             _ = div.decompose() if len(div_ads) else None
 
-    def fix_question_section(self):
+    def fix_question_section(self) -> None:
+        """Collapses the "People Also Asked" section into a "details" element
+
+        These sections are typically the only sections in the results page that
+        are structured as <div><h2>Title</h2><div>...</div></div>, so they are
+        extracted by checking all result divs for h2 children.
+
+        Returns:
+            None (The soup object is modified directly)
+        """
         if not self.main_divs:
             return
 
@@ -126,7 +141,14 @@ class Filter:
             for question in questions:
                 question['style'] = 'padding: 10px; font-style: italic;'
 
-    def update_element_src(self, element, mime):
+    def update_element_src(self, element: Tag, mime: str) -> None:
+        """Encrypts the original src of an element and rewrites the element src
+        to use the "/element?src=" pass-through.
+
+        Returns:
+            None (The soup element is modified directly)
+
+        """
         src = element['src']
 
         if src.startswith('//'):
@@ -145,7 +167,8 @@ class Filter:
             src,
             is_element=True) + '&type=' + urlparse.quote(mime)
 
-    def update_styling(self, soup):
+    def update_styling(self, soup) -> None:
+        """"""
         # Remove unnecessary button(s)
         for button in soup.find_all('button'):
             button.decompose()
@@ -168,7 +191,17 @@ class Filter:
         except AttributeError:
             pass
 
-    def update_link(self, link):
+    def update_link(self, link: Tag) -> None:
+        """Update internal link paths with encrypted path, otherwise remove
+        unnecessary redirects and/or marketing params from the url
+
+        Args:
+            link: A bs4 Tag element to inspect and update
+
+        Returns:
+            None (the tag is updated directly)
+
+        """
         # Replace href with only the intended destination (no "utm" type tags)
         href = link['href'].replace('https://www.google.com', '')
         if 'advanced_search' in href or 'tbm=shop' in href:
diff --git a/app/request.py b/app/request.py
index 71eeb45..fadcc18 100644
--- a/app/request.py
+++ b/app/request.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ class TorError(Exception):
             altogether).
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, message, disable=False):
+    def __init__(self, message, disable=False) -> None:
         self.message = message
         self.disable = disable
-        super().__init__(self.message)
+        super().__init__(message)
 
 
 def send_tor_signal(signal: Signal) -> bool:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def gen_query(query, args, config, near_city=None) -> str:
 
     # Use :past(hour/day/week/month/year) if available
     # example search "new restaurants :past month"
-    sub_lang = ''
+    lang = ''
     if ':past' in query and 'tbs' not in args:
         time_range = str.strip(query.split(':past', 1)[-1])
         param_dict['tbs'] = '&tbs=' + ('qdr:' + str.lower(time_range[0]))
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ def gen_query(query, args, config, near_city=None) -> str:
         # Example:
         # &tbs=qdr:h,lr:lang_1pl
         # -- the lr param needs to be extracted and remove the leading '1'
-        sub_lang = [_ for _ in result_tbs.split(',') if 'lr:' in _]
-        sub_lang = sub_lang[0][sub_lang[0].find('lr:') +
-                               3:len(sub_lang[0])] if len(sub_lang) > 0 else ''
+        result_params = [_ for _ in result_tbs.split(',') if 'lr:' in _]
+        if len(result_params) > 0:
+            result_param = result_params[0]
+            lang = result_param[result_param.find('lr:') + 3:len(result_param)]
 
     # Ensure search query is parsable
     query = urlparse.quote(query)
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ def gen_query(query, args, config, near_city=None) -> str:
     if 'source' in args:
         param_dict['source'] = '&source=' + args.get('source')
         param_dict['lr'] = ('&lr=' + ''.join(
-            [_ for _ in sub_lang if not _.isdigit()]
-        )) if sub_lang else ''
+            [_ for _ in lang if not _.isdigit()]
+        )) if lang else ''
     else:
         param_dict['lr'] = (
                 '&lr=' + config.lang_search
@@ -150,12 +151,12 @@ class Request:
         # Set up proxy, if previously configured
         if os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_LOC'):
             auth_str = ''
-            if os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_USER'):
-                auth_str = os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_USER') + \
-                           ':' + os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_PASS')
+            if os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_USER', ''):
+                auth_str = os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_USER', '') + \
+                           ':' + os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_PASS', '')
             self.proxies = {
-                'http': os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_TYPE') + '://' +
-                auth_str + '@' + os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_LOC'),
+                'http': os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_TYPE', '') + '://' +
+                auth_str + '@' + os.environ.get('WHOOGLE_PROXY_LOC', ''),
             }
             self.proxies['https'] = self.proxies['http'].replace('http',
                                                                  'https')
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 006be07..35f1066 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def window():
     return render_template('display.html', response=results)
 
 
-def run_app():
+def run_app() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description='Whoogle Search console runner')
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/app/utils/results.py b/app/utils/results.py
index 58c450f..2a9e60e 100644
--- a/app/utils/results.py
+++ b/app/utils/results.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def get_first_link(soup: BeautifulSoup) -> str:
         # Return the first search result URL
         if 'url?q=' in a['href']:
             return filter_link_args(a['href'])
+    return ''
 
 
 def get_site_alt(link: str) -> str:
diff --git a/app/utils/search.py b/app/utils/search.py
index ee75f3f..9694d14 100644
--- a/app/utils/search.py
+++ b/app/utils/search.py
@@ -24,15 +24,24 @@ def needs_https(url: str) -> bool:
         bool: True/False representing the need to upgrade
 
     """
-    https_only = os.getenv('HTTPS_ONLY', False)
+    https_only = bool(os.getenv('HTTPS_ONLY', 0))
     is_heroku = url.endswith('.herokuapp.com')
     is_http = url.startswith('http://')
 
     return (is_heroku and is_http) or (https_only and is_http)
 
 
-def has_captcha(site_contents: str) -> bool:
-    return CAPTCHA in site_contents
+def has_captcha(results: str) -> bool:
+    """Checks to see if the search results are blocked by a captcha
+
+    Args:
+        results: The search page html as a string
+
+    Returns:
+        bool: True/False indicating if a captcha element was found
+
+    """
+    return CAPTCHA in results
 
 
 class Search:
@@ -118,23 +127,23 @@ class Search:
         """
         mobile = 'Android' in self.user_agent or 'iPhone' in self.user_agent
 
-        content_filter = Filter(
-            self.session['fernet_keys'],
-            mobile=mobile,
-            config=self.config)
-        full_query = gen_query(
-            self.query,
-            self.request_params,
-            self.config,
-            content_filter.near)
+        content_filter = Filter(self.session['fernet_keys'],
+                                mobile=mobile,
+                                config=self.config)
+        full_query = gen_query(self.query,
+                               self.request_params,
+                               self.config,
+                               content_filter.near)
         get_body = g.user_request.send(query=full_query)
 
         # Produce cleanable html soup from response
         html_soup = bsoup(content_filter.reskin(get_body.text), 'html.parser')
-        html_soup.insert(
-            0,
-            bsoup(TOR_BANNER, 'html.parser')
-            if g.user_request.tor_valid else bsoup('', 'html.parser'))
+
+        # Indicate whether or not a Tor connection is active
+        tor_banner = bsoup('', 'html.parser')
+        if g.user_request.tor_valid:
+            tor_banner = bsoup(TOR_BANNER, 'html.parser')
+        html_soup.insert(0, tor_banner)
 
         if self.feeling_lucky:
             return get_first_link(html_soup), 0