diff --git a/ausglamr/urls.py b/ausglamr/urls.py
index d1953ff..983a951 100644
--- a/ausglamr/urls.py
+++ b/ausglamr/urls.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """
 URL configuration for ausglamr project.
 """
+
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path, re_path
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.UnsubscribeEmail.as_view(),
         name="unsubscribe-email",
     ),
-    path('robots.txt', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='robots.txt',
-                                      content_type='text/plain')),
+    path(
+        "robots.txt",
+        TemplateView.as_view(template_name="robots.txt", content_type="text/plain"),
+    ),
 ]
diff --git a/blogs/apps.py b/blogs/apps.py
index db6c77b..6b1c2b9 100644
--- a/blogs/apps.py
+++ b/blogs/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """django apps"""
+
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 
diff --git a/blogs/forms.py b/blogs/forms.py
index 3369745..bbb52c2 100644
--- a/blogs/forms.py
+++ b/blogs/forms.py
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ class ContactForm(forms.Form):
     bot_check = forms.CharField(
         label="What is usually stored in a library?",
         max_length=10,
-        help_text="Checking that you are human"
-        )
+        help_text="Checking that you are human",
+    )
 
     def clean_bot_check(self):
         """validate the bot check"""
diff --git a/blogs/management/commands/check_feeds.py b/blogs/management/commands/check_feeds.py
index 8283594..fad09c8 100644
--- a/blogs/management/commands/check_feeds.py
+++ b/blogs/management/commands/check_feeds.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                             if not opt_out:
                                 author_name = getattr(
                                     article, "author", None
-                                ) or getattr(blog, "author", None)
+                                ) or getattr(blog, "author", "")
 
                                 description = (
                                     html.strip_tags(article.summary)
@@ -125,20 +125,26 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                         hasattr(article, "summary")
                                         and len(article.summary) > 0
                                     )
-                                    else html.strip_tags(article.description)
-                                    if (
-                                        hasattr(article, "description")
-                                        and len(article.summary)
+                                    else (
+                                        html.strip_tags(article.description)
+                                        if (
+                                            hasattr(article, "description")
+                                            and len(article.summary)
+                                        )
+                                        else (
+                                            html.strip_tags(article.content[0].value)
+                                            if (
+                                                hasattr(article, "content")
+                                                and len(article.content)
+                                            )
+                                            else None
+                                        )
                                     )
-                                    else html.strip_tags(article.content[0].value)[:200]
-                                    if (
-                                        hasattr(article, "content")
-                                        and len(article.content)
-                                    )
-                                    else ""
                                 )
                                 if description:
-                                    description += "..."
+                                    description[:200] += "..."
+                                else:
+                                    description = ""
 
                                 instance = models.Article.objects.create(
                                     title=article.title,
@@ -168,7 +174,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                 if newish:
                                     instance.announce()
                                     blog.set_success(
-                                        updateddate=date_to_tz_aware(article.updated_parsed)
+                                        updateddate=date_to_tz_aware(
+                                            article.updated_parsed
+                                        )
                                     )
 
                 except Exception as e:
@@ -191,7 +199,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                             | Q(guid=getattr(edition, "id", edition.link))
                         ).exists():
                             author_name = getattr(edition, "author", None) or getattr(
-                                edition, "author", None
+                                edition, "author", ""
                             )
 
                             description = (
@@ -199,20 +207,26 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                                 if (
                                     hasattr(edition, "summary") and len(edition.summary)
                                 )
-                                else html.strip_tags(edition.description)
-                                if (
-                                    hasattr(edition, "description")
-                                    and len(edition.description)
+                                else (
+                                    html.strip_tags(edition.description)
+                                    if (
+                                        hasattr(edition, "description")
+                                        and len(edition.description)
+                                    )
+                                    else (
+                                        html.strip_tags(edition.content[0].value)
+                                        if (
+                                            hasattr(article, "content")
+                                            and len(article.content)
+                                        )
+                                        else None
+                                    )
                                 )
-                                else html.strip_tags(edition.content[0].value)[:200] + "..."
-                                if (
-                                    hasattr(article, "content")
-                                    and len(article.content)
-                                )
-                                else ""
                             )
                             if description:
-                                description += "..."
+                                description[:200] += "..."
+                            else:
+                                description = ""
 
                             instance = models.Edition.objects.create(
                                 title=edition.title,
diff --git a/blogs/views/feeds.py b/blogs/views/feeds.py
index 3c50356..3687b3e 100644
--- a/blogs/views/feeds.py
+++ b/blogs/views/feeds.py
@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ class EventFeed(Feed):
         return (
             item.description
             if hasattr(item, "description")
-            else item.details
-            if hasattr(item, "details")
-            else None
+            else item.details if hasattr(item, "details") else None
         )
 
     def item_link(self, item):
@@ -215,9 +213,7 @@ class CombinedFeed(Feed):
         return (
             item.description
             if hasattr(item, "description")
-            else item.details
-            if hasattr(item, "details")
-            else None
+            else item.details if hasattr(item, "details") else None
         )
 
     def item_link(self, item):
diff --git a/blogs/views/public.py b/blogs/views/public.py
index e4bccd8..5ecf1aa 100644
--- a/blogs/views/public.py
+++ b/blogs/views/public.py
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ class RegisterBlog(View):
                 data["blog_info"] = blog_info
 
             else:
-                data[
-                    "error"
-                ] = "Could not auto-discover your feed info, please enter manually"
+                data["error"] = (
+                    "Could not auto-discover your feed info, please enter manually"
+                )
 
             return render(request, "blogs/confirm-register.html", data)