diff --git a/pappyproxy/compress.py b/pappyproxy/compress.py
index c19761b..2204088 100644
--- a/pappyproxy/compress.py
+++ b/pappyproxy/compress.py
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ except ImportError:
     print "BZ2 not installed on your system"
 
 from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
-from os import getcwd, sep, path, urandom 
+from os import getcwd, sep, path, urandom
+
 
 class Compress(object):
     def __init__(self, sessconfig):
@@ -27,17 +28,17 @@ class Compress(object):
             self.tar_project()
         else:
             self.zip_project()
-    
+
     def decompress_project(self):
         if bz2:
             self.untar_project()
         else:
             self.unzip_project()
-    
+
     def zip_project(self):
         """
         Zip project files
-    
+
         Using append mode (mode='a') will create a zip archive
         if none exists in the project.
         """
@@ -47,32 +48,32 @@ class Compress(object):
             zf.close()
         except zipfile.LargeZipFile as e:
             raise PappyException("Project zipfile too large. Error: ", e)
-    
+
     def unzip_project(self):
         """
         Extract project files from decrypted zip archive.
         Initially checks the zip archive's magic number and
-        attempts to extract pappy.json to validate integrity 
+        attempts to extract pappy.json to validate integrity
         of the zipfile.
         """
         if not zipfile.is_zipfile(self.zip_archive):
             raise PappyException("Project archive corrupted.")
-    
+
         zf = zipfile.ZipFile(self.zip_archive)
-    
+
         try:
             zf.extract("config.json")
         except zipfile.BadZipfile as e:
-            raise PappyException("Project archive contents corrupted. Error: ", e)
-    
+            raise PappyException("Zip archive corrupted. Error: ", e)
+
         zf.extractall()
-    
+
     def tar_project(self):
         archive = tarfile.open(self.bz2_archive, 'w:bz2')
-         
+
         archive.add(self.config.crypt_dir)
-    	archive.close()
-    
+        archive.close()
+
     def untar_project(self):
         if tarfile.is_tarfile(self.bz2_archive):
             # Raise exception if there is a failure
@@ -80,4 +81,4 @@ class Compress(object):
                 with tarfile.open(self.bz2_archive, "r:bz2") as archive:
                     archive.extractall()
             except tarfile.ExtractError as e:
-                raise PappyException("Project archive contents corrupted. Error: ", e)
+                raise PappyException("Tar archive corrupted. Error: ", e)
diff --git a/pappyproxy/crypto.py b/pappyproxy/crypto.py
index 56fdf7d..40359b2 100644
--- a/pappyproxy/crypto.py
+++ b/pappyproxy/crypto.py
@@ -14,53 +14,55 @@ from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, InvalidToken
 from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 
+
 class Crypto(object):
     def __init__(self, sessconfig):
         self.config = sessconfig
-        self.archive = sessconfig.archive 
+        self.archive = sessconfig.archive
         self.compressor = compress.Compress(sessconfig)
         self.key = None
         self.password = None
         self.salt = None
-         
+
     def encrypt_project(self):
         """
-        Compress and encrypt the project files, deleting clear-text files afterwards
+        Compress and encrypt the project files,
+        deleting clear-text files afterwards
         """
-        
+
         # Leave the crypto working directory
         os.chdir('../')
-        
+
         self.compressor.compress_project()
-         
-        # Create project and crypto archive 
-        archive_file = open(self.archive, 'rb') 
+
+        # Create project and crypto archive
+        archive_file = open(self.archive, 'rb')
         archive_crypt = open(self.config.crypt_file, 'wb')
-         
+
         # Get the password and salt, then derive the key
         self.crypto_ramp_up()
-        
+
         # Encrypt the archive read as a bytestring
         fern = Fernet(self.key)
         crypt_token = fern.encrypt(archive_file.read())
         archive_crypt.write(crypt_token)
-        
+
         # Store the salt for the next decryption
         self.create_salt_file()
 
         archive_file.close()
         archive_crypt.close()
-    
+
         # Delete clear-text files
         self.delete_clear_files()
-        
-    
+
     def decrypt_project(self):
         """
         Decrypt and decompress the project files
         """
-        
-        # If project hasn't been encrypted before, setup crypt working directory
+
+        # If project hasn't been encrypted before,
+        # setup crypt working directory
         if not os.path.isfile(self.config.crypt_file):
             os.mkdir(self.config.crypt_dir)
 
@@ -69,17 +71,17 @@ class Crypto(object):
                 shutil.copy2(pf, self.config.crypt_dir)
             os.chdir(self.config.crypt_dir)
             return True
-        
-        # Otherwise, decrypt and decompress the project 
-        else: 
+
+        # Otherwise, decrypt and decompress the project
+        else:
             archive_crypt = open(self.config.crypt_file, 'rb').read()
             archive_file = open(self.config.archive, 'wb')
-            
+
             retries = 3
             while True:
                 try:
-               	    self.crypto_ramp_up()
-               	    fern = Fernet(self.key)
+                    self.crypto_ramp_up()
+                    fern = Fernet(self.key)
                     archive = fern.decrypt(archive_crypt)
                     break
                 except InvalidToken:
@@ -93,35 +95,35 @@ class Crypto(object):
                         self.password = None
                         self.key = None
                         self.salt = None
-                        pass 
-                        
+                        pass
+
             archive_file.write(archive)
             archive_file.close()
-            
+
             self.compressor.decompress_project()
-            
+
             # Force generation of new salt and crypt archive
             self.delete_crypt_files()
-            
+
             os.chdir(self.config.crypt_dir)
             return True
-            
+
     def confirm_password_retry(self):
-        answer = raw_input("Would you like to re-enter your password? (y/n)").strip()
+        answer = raw_input("Re-enter your password? (y/n)").strip()
         if answer[0] == "y" or answer[0] == "Y":
             return True
         else:
             return False
-            
+
     def crypto_ramp_up(self):
         if not self.password:
             self.get_password()
         self.set_salt()
         self.derive_key()
-         
+
     def get_password(self):
         """
-        Retrieve password from the user. Raise an exception if the 
+        Retrieve password from the user. Raise an exception if the
         password is not capable of utf-8 encoding.
         """
         encoded_passwd = ""
@@ -130,75 +132,75 @@ class Crypto(object):
             self.password = passwd.encode("utf-8")
         except:
             raise PappyException("Invalid password, try again")
-             
+
     def set_salt(self):
         if os.path.isfile(self.config.salt_file):
             self.set_salt_from_file()
         else:
-            self.salt = os.urandom(16) 
-             
+            self.salt = os.urandom(16)
+
     def set_salt_from_file(self):
         try:
             salt_file = open(self.config.salt_file, 'rb')
             self.salt = salt_file.readline().strip()
         except:
             raise PappyException("Unable to read project.salt")
-             
+
     def create_salt_file(self):
         salt_file = open(self.config.salt_file, 'wb')
-        
+
         salt_file.write(self.salt)
         salt_file.close()
-         
+
     def derive_key(self):
         """
         Derive a key sufficient for use as a cryptographic key
         used to encrypt the project (currently: cryptography.Fernet).
-         
+
         cryptography.Fernet utilizes AES-CBC-128, requiring a 32-byte key.
         Parameter notes from the py-scrypt source-code:
         https://bitbucket.org/mhallin/py-scrypt/
-         
+
         Compute scrypt(password, salt, N, r, p, buflen).
-         
+
         The parameters r, p, and buflen must satisfy r * p < 2^30 and
         buflen <= (2^32 - 1) * 32. The parameter N must be a power of 2
         greater than 1. N, r and p must all be positive.
-         
+
         Notes for Python 2:
           - `password` and `salt` must be str instances
           - The result will be a str instance
-         
+
         Notes for Python 3:
           - `password` and `salt` can be both str and bytes. If they are str
             instances, they wil be encoded with utf-8.
           - The result will be a bytes instance
-         
+
         Exceptions raised:
           - TypeError on invalid input
           - scrypt.error if scrypt failed
         """
-         
+
         try:
             if not self.key:
-                self.key = b64encode(scrypt.hash(self.password, self.salt, buflen=32))
+                shash = scrypt.hash(self.password, self.salt, buflen=32)
+                self.key = b64encode(shash)
         except TypeError as e:
             raise PappyException("Scrypt failed with type error: ", e)
         except scrypt.error, e:
             raise PappyException("Scrypt failed with internal error: ", e)
-             
+
     def delete_clear_files(self):
         """
         Deletes all clear-text files left in the project directory.
         """
         shutil.rmtree(self.config.crypt_dir)
         os.remove(self.config.archive)
-    	
+
     def delete_crypt_files(self):
         """
         Deletes all encrypted-text files in the project directory.
         Forces generation of new salt after opening and closing the project.
         Adds security in the case of a one-time compromise of the system.
         """
-        #os.remove(self.config.salt_file)
         os.remove(self.config.crypt_file)
diff --git a/pappyproxy/pappy.py b/pappyproxy/pappy.py
index 024709f..364fa07 100755
--- a/pappyproxy/pappy.py
+++ b/pappyproxy/pappy.py
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ class PappySession(object):
             yield True
         # Quit pappy on failure
         else:
-            reactor.stop() 
+            reactor.stop()
             defer.returnValue(None)
-             
+
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def cleanup(self, ignored=None):
         for port in self.ports:
@@ -181,10 +181,13 @@ def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='An intercepting proxy for testing web applications.')
     parser.add_argument('-l', '--lite', help='Run the proxy in "lite" mode', action='store_true')
     try:
-        parser.add_argument('-c', '--crypt', type=str, nargs=1, help='Start pappy in "crypto" mode, must supply a name for the encrypted project archive [CRYPT]')
+        hlpmsg = 'Start pappy in "crypto" mode,'+
+                 'must supply a name for the encrypted'+
+                 'project archive [CRYPT]'
+        parser.add_argument('-c', '--crypt', type=str, nargs=1, help=hlpmsg)
     except:
         print 'Must supply a project name: pappy -c <project_name>'
-        reactor.stop() 
+        reactor.stop()
         defer.returnValue(None)
 
     args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ def parse_args():
 
     if args.crypt:
         # Convert from single-item list produced by argparse `nargs=1`
-        settings['crypt'] = args.crypt[0].encode('utf-8') 
+        settings['crypt'] = args.crypt[0].encode('utf-8')
     else:
         settings['crypt'] = None