diff --git a/bot/commands/afc_report.py b/bot/commands/afc_report.py
index 7f4abf7..5375ce5 100644
--- a/bot/commands/afc_report.py
+++ b/bot/commands/afc_report.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             return
 
         url = page.url().replace("en.wikipedia.org/wiki", "enwp.org")
-        short = re.sub(r"wikipedia( talk)?:articles for creation/", "", title,
-                       re.IGNORECASE)
+        short = re.sub("wikipedia( talk)?\:articles for creation\/", "", title,
+                       flags=re.IGNORECASE)
         status = self.get_status(page)
         user = self.site.get_user(page.creator())
         user_name = user.name()
diff --git a/bot/commands/chanops.py b/bot/commands/chanops.py
index 727ebbf..fd8f009 100644
--- a/bot/commands/chanops.py
+++ b/bot/commands/chanops.py
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     name = "chanops"
 
     def check(self, data):
-        commands = ["voice", "devoice", "op", "deop"]
+        commands = ["chanops", "voice", "devoice", "op", "deop"]
         if data.is_command and data.command in commands:
             return True
         return False
 
     def process(self, data):
+        if data.command == "chanops":
+            msg = "available commands are !voice, !devoice, !op, and !deop."
+            self.connection.reply(data, msg)
+            return
+
         if data.host not in config.irc["permissions"]["admins"]:
             msg = "you must be a bot admin to use this command."
             self.connection.reply(data, msg)
diff --git a/bot/commands/crypt.py b/bot/commands/crypt.py
index 8727c6d..2261112 100644
--- a/bot/commands/crypt.py
+++ b/bot/commands/crypt.py
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@ import blowfish
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     """Provides hash functions with !hash (!hash list for supported algorithms)
     and blowfish encryption with !encrypt and !decrypt."""
-    name = "cryptography"
+    name = "crypt"
 
     def check(self, data):
-        if data.is_command and data.command in ["hash", "encrypt", "decrypt"]:
+        commands = ["crypt", "hash", "encrypt", "decrypt"]
+        if data.is_command and data.command in commands:
             return True
         return False
 
     def process(self, data):
+        if data.command == "crypt":
+            msg = "available commands are !hash, !encrypt, and !decrypt."
+            self.connection.reply(data, msg)
+            return
+
         if not data.args:
             msg = "what do you want me to {0}?".format(data.command)
             self.connection.reply(data, msg)
diff --git a/bot/commands/git.py b/bot/commands/git.py
index 90d7bdc..0d3a92d 100644
--- a/bot/commands/git.py
+++ b/bot/commands/git.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from classes import BaseCommand
 import config
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
-    """Commands to interface with the bot's git repository; use '!git help' for
-    a sub-command list."""
+    """Commands to interface with the bot's git repository; use '!git' for a
+    sub-command list."""
     name = "git"
 
     def process(self, data):
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             return
 
         if not data.args:
-            msg = "no arguments provided. Maybe you wanted '!git help'?"
-            self.connection.reply(data, msg)
+            self.do_help()
             return
 
         if data.args[0] == "help":
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def do_help(self):
         """Display all commands."""
-        help_dict = {
+        help = {
             "branch": "get current branch",
             "branches": "get all branches",
             "checkout": "switch branches",
@@ -67,13 +66,11 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             "pull": "update everything from the remote server",
             "status": "check if we are up-to-date",
         }
-        keys = help_dict.keys()
-        keys.sort()
-        help = ""
-        for key in keys:
-            help += "\x0303%s\x0301 (%s), " % (key, help_dict[key])
-        help = help[:-2] # trim last comma and space
-        self.connection.reply(self.data, "sub-commands are: %s." % help)
+        msg = ""
+        for key in sorted(help.keys()):
+            msg += "\x0303{0}\x0301 ({1}), ".format(key, help[key])
+        msg = msg[:-2]  # Trim last comma and space
+        self.connection.reply(self.data, "sub-commands are: {0}.".format(msg))
 
     def do_branch(self):
         """Get our current branch."""
diff --git a/bot/commands/help.py b/bot/commands/help.py
index 484dcb4..10bad4f 100644
--- a/bot/commands/help.py
+++ b/bot/commands/help.py
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def do_main_help(self, data):
         """Give the user a general help message with a list of all commands."""
-        msg = "I am a bot! I have {0} commands loaded: {1}. You can get help for any command with '!help <command>'."
-        cmnds = self.cmnds.keys()
-        cmnds.sort()
+        msg = "Hi, I'm a bot! I have {0} commands loaded: {1}. You can get help for any command with '!help <command>'."
+        cmnds = sorted(self.cmnds.keys())
         msg = msg.format(len(cmnds), ', '.join(cmnds))
         self.connection.reply(data, msg)
 
diff --git a/bot/commands/threads.py b/bot/commands/threads.py
index 263dd6d..f3f6a4f 100644
--- a/bot/commands/threads.py
+++ b/bot/commands/threads.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def process(self, data):
         self.data = data
         if data.host not in config.irc["permissions"]["owners"]:
-            msg = "at this time, you must be a bot owner to use this command."
+            msg = "you must be a bot owner to use this command."
             self.connection.reply(data, msg)
             return
 
diff --git a/bot/frontend.py b/bot/frontend.py
index b3a6307..8566f44 100644
--- a/bot/frontend.py
+++ b/bot/frontend.py
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ def _process_message(line):
 
     # If we are pinged, pong back to the server:
     if line[0] == "PING":
-        connection.send("PONG %s" % line[1])
+        msg = " ".join(("PONG", line[1]))
+        connection.send(msg)
 
     # On successful connection to the server:
     if line[1] == "376":
diff --git a/bot/main.py b/bot/main.py
index eb892de..f0ae18b 100644
--- a/bot/main.py
+++ b/bot/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8  -*-
 
 """
diff --git a/earwigbot.py b/earwigbot.py
index a98f961..bf6d9aa 100755
--- a/earwigbot.py
+++ b/earwigbot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8  -*-
 
 """