diff --git a/bin/cheat b/bin/cheat
index 8583a3c..3939a83 100755
--- a/bin/cheat
+++ b/bin/cheat
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Options:
 """
 
 # require the dependencies
-from cheat import *
-from cheat.utils import *
+from cheat import sheets, sheet
+from cheat.utils import colorize
 from docopt import docopt
 
 
diff --git a/cheat/sheet.py b/cheat/sheet.py
index f2f4e6d..7f62405 100644
--- a/cheat/sheet.py
+++ b/cheat/sheet.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-from cheat import sheets 
-from cheat import utils
-from cheat.utils import *
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 
+from cheat import sheets
+from cheat.utils import die, editor
 
 def copy(current_sheet_path, new_sheet_path):
     """ Copies a sheet to a new path """
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ def copy(current_sheet_path, new_sheet_path):
     # fail gracefully if the cheatsheet cannot be copied. This can happen if
     # DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR does not exist
     except IOError:
-        die ('Could not copy cheatsheet for editing.')
+        die('Could not copy cheatsheet for editing.')
 
 
 def create_or_edit(sheet):
@@ -84,5 +83,5 @@ def read(sheet):
     if not exists(sheet):
         die('No cheatsheet found for ' + sheet)
 
-    with open (path(sheet)) as cheatfile:
-          return cheatfile.read()
+    with open(path(sheet)) as cheatfile:
+        return cheatfile.read()
diff --git a/cheat/sheets.py b/cheat/sheets.py
index 26e6ce2..4e09143 100644
--- a/cheat/sheets.py
+++ b/cheat/sheets.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from cheat import cheatsheets
-from cheat.utils import *
 import os
 
+from cheat import cheatsheets
+from cheat.utils import die
+
 def default_path():
     """ Returns the default cheatsheet path """
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def default_path():
     if not os.access(default_sheets_dir, os.R_OK):
         die('The DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR (' + default_sheets_dir +') is not readable.')
     if not os.access(default_sheets_dir, os.W_OK):
-        die('The DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR (' + default_sheets_dir +') is not writeable.')
+        die('The DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR (' + default_sheets_dir +') is not writable.')
 
     # return the default dir
     return default_sheets_dir
@@ -81,10 +82,10 @@ def search(term):
     for cheatsheet in sorted(get().items()):
         match = ''
         for line in open(cheatsheet[1]):
-             if term in line:
-                  match += '  ' + line
+            if term in line:
+                match += '  ' + line
 
-        if not match == '':
+        if match != '':
             result += cheatsheet[0] + ":\n" + match + "\n"
 
     return result
diff --git a/cheat/utils.py b/cheat/utils.py
index 4932314..cf9a787 100644
--- a/cheat/utils.py
+++ b/cheat/utils.py
@@ -38,14 +38,13 @@ def editor():
 
     elif os.environ['EDITOR'] == "":
         die(
-          'Your EDITOR environment variable is set to an empty string. It must '
-          'be set to your editor\'s path.'
+            'Your EDITOR environment variable is set to an empty string. It must '
+            'be set to your editor\'s path.'
         )
 
     else:
         return os.environ['EDITOR']
 
-
 def warn(message):
     """ Prints a message to stderr """
     print((message), file=sys.stderr)