diff --git a/scripts/utils/notifications.py b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
index a510252..90e2b7b 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import apprise
 import os
 import socket
 import sqlite3
-from sqlite3 import Error
 import time
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
 
 userDir = os.path.expanduser('~')
 APPRISE_CONFIG = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt'
 DB_PATH = userDir + '/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/birds.db'
 
+
 def notify(body, title):
     apobj = apprise.Apprise()
     config = apprise.AppriseConfig()
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def notify(body, title):
         title=title,
     )
 
+
 def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, settings_dict, db_path=DB_PATH):
     # print(sendAppriseNotifications)
     # print(settings_dict)
@@ -28,22 +29,22 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, settings_dict, db_path=D
         title = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE')
         body = settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY')
         sciName, comName = species.split("_")
-        
+
         try:
             websiteurl = settings_dict.get('BIRDNETPI_URL')
             if len(websiteurl) == 0:
                 raise ValueError('Blank URL')
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception:
             websiteurl = "http://"+socket.gethostname()+".local"
 
         listenurl = websiteurl+"?filename="+path
-     
+
         if settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION') == "1":
-            notify_body=body.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)
-            notify_title=title.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)
+            notify_body = body.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)
+            notify_title = title.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)
             notify(notify_body, notify_title)
 
-        APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_NEW_SPECIES_DAILY_COUNT_LIMIT = 1 # Notifies the first N per day.
+        APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_NEW_SPECIES_DAILY_COUNT_LIMIT = 1  # Notifies the first N per day.
         if settings_dict.get('APPRISE_NOTIFY_NEW_SPECIES_EACH_DAY') == "1":
             try:
                 con = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
@@ -51,14 +52,18 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, settings_dict, db_path=D
                 today = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
                 cur.execute(f"SELECT DISTINCT(Com_Name), count(Com_Name) FROM detections WHERE Date = date('{today}') GROUP BY Com_Name")
                 known_species = cur.fetchall()
-                detections = [d[1] for d in known_species if d[0] == comName.replace("'","")]
+                detections = [d[1] for d in known_species if d[0] == comName.replace("'", "")]
                 numberDetections = 0
                 if len(detections):
                     numberDetections = detections[0]
                 if numberDetections > 0 and numberDetections <= APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_NEW_SPECIES_DAILY_COUNT_LIMIT:
                     print("send the notification")
-                    notify_body=body.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl) + " (first time today)"
-                    notify_title=title.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl) + " (first time today)"
+                    notify_body = body.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName)\
+                        .replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)\
+                        + " (first time today)"
+                    notify_title = title.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName)\
+                        .replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)\
+                        + " (first time today)"
                     notify(notify_body, notify_title)
                 con.close()
             except sqlite3.Error as e:
@@ -73,13 +78,17 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, settings_dict, db_path=D
                 today = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
                 cur.execute(f"SELECT DISTINCT(Com_Name), count(Com_Name) FROM detections WHERE Date >= date('{today}', '-7 day') GROUP BY Com_Name")
                 known_species = cur.fetchall()
-                detections = [d[1] for d in known_species if d[0] == comName.replace("'","")]
+                detections = [d[1] for d in known_species if d[0] == comName.replace("'", "")]
                 numberDetections = 0
                 if len(detections):
                     numberDetections = detections[0]
                 if numberDetections > 0 and numberDetections <= 5:
-                    notify_body=body.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl) + " (only seen "+str(int(numberDetections))+" times in last 7d)"
-                    notify_title=title.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName).replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl) + " (only seen "+str(int(numberDetections))+" times in last 7d)"
+                    notify_body = body.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName)\
+                        .replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)\
+                        + " (only seen " + str(int(numberDetections)) + " times in last 7d)"
+                    notify_title = title.replace("$sciname", sciName).replace("$comname", comName)\
+                        .replace("$confidence", confidence).replace("$listenurl", listenurl)\
+                        + " (only seen " + str(int(numberDetections)) + " times in last 7d)"
                     notify(notify_body, notify_title)
                 con.close()
             except sqlite3.Error:
@@ -89,5 +98,3 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, settings_dict, db_path=D
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("notfications")
-
-    
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