diff --git a/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/decode_mseed.py b/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/decode_mseed.py
index 166cf6f007c4bc742aba1425a2f66f9031221830..dc4d85396b81ef2962d365cad33d8f0a8acb2b0e 100644
--- a/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/decode_mseed.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/decode_mseed.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import struct
-
-
 def decode_int16(buffer, unpacker):
     requested_bytes = buffer[:2]
     return unpacker.unpack('h', requested_bytes)[0]
diff --git a/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_helper.py b/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_helper.py
index f6ac85d1d3d4a54e70c65fb4467867fd1d786d96..59f41c5fe95b5fa42c165e6a64c2123d5c17eec4 100644
--- a/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_helper.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_helper.py
@@ -6,10 +6,21 @@ from obspy import UTCDateTime
 
 
 class Unpacker:
-    def __init__(self, byte_order_char=''):
+    """
+    A wrapper around struct.unpack() to unpack binary data without having to
+    explicitly define the byte order in the format string. Also restrict the
+    type of format to str and buffer to bytes.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, byte_order_char: str = '') -> None:
         self.byte_order_char = byte_order_char
 
-    def unpack(self, format: str, buffer):
+    def unpack(self, format: str, buffer: bytes):
+        """
+
+        :param format:
+        :param buffer: the byte string
+        :return: a tuple containing the unpacked values.
+        """
         default_byte_order_chars = ('@', '=', '>', '<', '!')
         if format.startswith(default_byte_order_chars):
             format = self.byte_order_char + format[:1]
@@ -167,7 +178,9 @@ def get_record_metadata(header: FixedHeader, header_unpacker: Unpacker):
 
     sample_count = header_unpacker.unpack('H', header.sample_count)[0]
 
-    sample_rate_factor = header_unpacker.unpack('h', header.sample_rate_factor)[0]
+    sample_rate_factor = header_unpacker.unpack(
+        'h', header.sample_rate_factor
+    )[0]
     sample_rate_multiplier = header_unpacker.unpack(
         'h', header.sample_rate_multiplier
     )[0]
@@ -176,5 +189,3 @@ def get_record_metadata(header: FixedHeader, header_unpacker: Unpacker):
 
     return RecordMetadata(station, location, channel, network,
                           record_start_time, sample_count, sample_rate)
-
-
diff --git a/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_reader.py b/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_reader.py
index 3cfd423dc5f336765f9349c4e969821bbfdc4938..441dad773f046362ba5bc27827b2ac74c47c096d 100644
--- a/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_reader.py
+++ b/sohstationviewer/model/mseed/read_mseed_experiment/mseed_reader.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from numbers import Number, Real
+from numbers import Real
 from typing import BinaryIO, Optional, List
 
 import obspy
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ class RecordReader:
             '128s', clock_status
         )[0].decode('utf-8').strip()
 
-        formatted_blockette = '\n'.join([f'{key}: {value}' for key, value in blockette_content.items()])
+        formatted_blockette = '\n'.join([f'{key}: {value}'
+                                         for key, value
+                                         in blockette_content.items()])
         self.other_blockettes.append(formatted_blockette)
 
     def read_blockette_1000(self) -> None:
@@ -264,8 +266,9 @@ class RecordReader:
             EncodingFormat.STEIM_1: decode_steim,
             EncodingFormat.STEIM_2: decode_steim,
         }
-        first_data_point = encoding_to_decoder[encoding_format](buffer,
-                                                                self.data_unpacker)
+        first_data_point = encoding_to_decoder[encoding_format](
+            buffer, self.data_unpacker
+        )
         # Seek back to the start of the record so we can call this method again
         # if needed.
         self.file.seek(record_start)
@@ -284,28 +287,28 @@ class MSeedReader:
             is_eof = (self.file.read(1) == b'')
             if is_eof:
                 break
-            # We need to move the file pointer back to its position after we do
-            # the end of file check. Otherwise, we would be off by one byte for all
-            # the reads afterward.
+            # We need to move the file pointer back to its position after we
+            # do the end of file check. Otherwise, we would be off by one
+            # byte for all the reads afterward.
             self.file.seek(-1, 1)
 
-            # We save the start of the current record so that after we are done
-            # reading the record, we can move back. This makes moving to the next
-            # record a lot easier, seeing as we can simply move the file pointer
-            # a distance the size of the current record.
+            # We save the start of the current record so that after we are
+            # done reading the record, we can move back. This makes moving
+            # to the next record a lot easier, seeing as we can simply move
+            # the file pointer a distance the size of the current record.
             current_record_start = self.file.tell()
 
             reader = RecordReader(self.file)
             trace.append(reader.get_first_data_point())
-            print(reader.other_blockettes[0])
             # sample_count = reader.record_metadata.sample_count
             # sample_rate = reader.record_metadata.sample_rate
             # record_time_taken = sample_count / sample_rate
-            # record_end_time = reader.record_metadata.start_time + record_time_taken
+            # record_end_time = (reader.record_metadata.start_time +
+            #                    record_time_taken)
 
-            # MSEED stores the size of a data record as an exponent of a power of
-            # two, so we have to convert that to actual size before doing anything
-            # else.
+            # MSEED stores the size of a data record as an exponent of a
+            # power of two, so we have to convert that to actual size before
+            # doing anything else.
             record_length_exp = reader.header_unpacker.unpack(
                 'B', reader.blockette_1000.record_length
             )[0]
@@ -313,12 +316,12 @@ class MSeedReader:
 
             self.file.seek(current_record_start)
             self.file.seek(record_size, 1)
-        print(trace)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # numpy.set_printoptions(threshold=sys.maxsize)
-    file_path = '/Users/kle/PycharmProjects/sohstationviewer/tests/test_data/DT0001__.ACE'
+    file_path = '/Users/kle/PycharmProjects/sohstationviewer/tests/test_data' \
+                '/DT0001__.ACE '
     file = open(file_path, 'rb')
     stream = obspy.read(file_path)
     MSeedReader(file).read()