diff --git a/earwigbot/commands/praise.py b/earwigbot/commands/praise.py
index fb611f5..5532cc7 100644
--- a/earwigbot/commands/praise.py
+++ b/earwigbot/commands/praise.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
-import random
-
 from earwigbot.commands import BaseCommand
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
diff --git a/earwigbot/config.py b/earwigbot/config.py
index 59392a1..d3aaad2 100644
--- a/earwigbot/config.py
+++ b/earwigbot/config.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class BotConfig(object):
         with open(filename, 'r') as fp:
             try:
                 self._data = yaml.load(fp)
-            except yaml.YAMLError as error:
+            except yaml.YAMLError:
                 print "Error parsing config file {0}:".format(filename)
                 raise
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class BotConfig(object):
         """Try to decrypt the contents of a config node. Use self.decrypt()."""
         try:
             node._decrypt(self._decryption_key, nodes[:-1], nodes[-1])
-        except blowfish.BlowfishError as error:
+        except blowfish.BlowfishError:
             print "Error decrypting passwords:"
             raise
 
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/site.py b/earwigbot/wiki/site.py
index a0dbc61..bdea9e6 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/site.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/site.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Site(object):
         if logger:
             self._logger = logger
         else:  # Just set up a null logger to eat up our messages:
-            self._logger = getLogger("earwigbot.wiki").getChild(self._name)
+            self._logger = getLogger("earwigbot.wiki")
             self._logger.addHandler(NullHandler())
 
         # If we have a name/pass and the API says we're not logged in, log in:
diff --git a/earwigbot/wiki/sitesdb.py b/earwigbot/wiki/sitesdb.py
index dcdcf1e..2a3cba5 100644
--- a/earwigbot/wiki/sitesdb.py
+++ b/earwigbot/wiki/sitesdb.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 from cookielib import LWPCookieJar, LoadError
 import errno
-from getpass import getpass
 from os import chmod, path
 from platform import python_version
 import stat
@@ -87,8 +86,8 @@ class SitesDB(object):
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:  # "No such file or directory"
                 # Create the file and restrict reading/writing only to the
                 # owner, so others can't peak at our cookies:
-                open(cookie_file, "w").close()
-                chmod(cookie_file, stat.S_IRUSR|stat.S_IWUSR)
+                open(self._cookie_file, "w").close()
+                chmod(self._cookie_file, stat.S_IRUSR|stat.S_IWUSR)
             else:
                 raise
 
@@ -344,7 +343,6 @@ class SitesDB(object):
         assert_edit = config.wiki.get("assert")
         maxlag = config.wiki.get("maxlag")
         wait_between_queries = config.wiki.get("waitTime", 5)
-        logger = self._logger.getChild(name)
         search_config = config.wiki.get("search")
 
         # Create a Site object to log in and load the other attributes:
@@ -352,7 +350,7 @@ class SitesDB(object):
                     login=login, cookiejar=cookiejar, user_agent=user_agent,
                     use_https=use_https, assert_edit=assert_edit,
                     maxlag=maxlag, wait_between_queries=wait_between_queries,
-                    logger=logger, search_config=search_config)
+                    search_config=search_config)
 
         self._add_site_to_sitesdb(site)
         self._sites[site.name()] = site