diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Hadder.java b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Hadder.java
index 5cf0dfc..c515960 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Hadder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Hadder.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class Hadder {
         startBot();
     }
 
-    public static void startBot() {
+    private static void startBot() {
         Config config = new Config("./config.json");
         if (!config.fileExists()) config.create();
         config.load();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
index 7aed33c..959892c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/Rethink.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ public class Rethink {
     private Connection conn;
     private Config config;
 
-    public Rethink(Config config) {
+    Rethink(Config config) {
         this.config = config;
     }
 
-    public boolean connect() {
+    public void connect() {
         try {
             conn = r.connection()
                     .hostname(config.getDatabaseIP())
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public class Rethink {
             System.out.println(e.toString());
             System.out.println("DB CONNECTION FAILED");
         }
-        return true;
     }
 
     public void disconnect() {
@@ -46,8 +45,7 @@ public class Rethink {
     private JSONArray getAsArray(String table, String where, String value) {
         try {
             String string = r.table(table).filter(row -> row.g(where.toLowerCase()).eq(value)).coerceTo("array").toJson().run(conn);
-            JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(string);
-            return jsonArray;
+            return new JSONArray(string);
         } catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
             return null;
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/CommandHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/CommandHandler.java
index cb7f7dd..71c3a49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/CommandHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/CommandHandler.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class CommandHandler {
 
-    List<Command> commandList;
-    Config config;
+    private List<Command> commandList;
+    private Config config;
 
     public CommandHandler(List<Command> commandList, Config config) {
         this.commandList = commandList;
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public class CommandHandler {
     }
 
     public void handle(MessageReceivedEvent event, Rethink rethink, String prefix) {
-        StringBuilder regexBuilder = new StringBuilder().append("\\").append(prefix);
         String invoke = event.getMessage().getContentRaw().replaceFirst(prefix, "").split(" ")[0];
         for (Command cmd : commandList) {
             for (String label : cmd.labels()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/Config.java b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/Config.java
index 7b9ea31..70f030a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bbn/hadder/core/Config.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class Config {
     public void create() {
         try {
             if (Files.notExists(file)) {
-                file = Files.createFile(file);
+                Files.createFile(file);
             }
             Files.write(file, defaultConfigContent().getBytes());
         } catch (IOException e) {