diff --git a/src/project_checkup/core.clj b/src/project_checkup/core.clj
--- a/src/project_checkup/core.clj
+++ b/src/project_checkup/core.clj
@@ -18,16 +18,11 @@
           (string/split (:out (shell/sh "chg" "st" "-u" "-n")) #"\n"))
         (if (contains? vcs-systems ".git")
           (string/split (:out (shell/sh "git" "ls-files" "--others"
-                                        "--exclude-standard")) #"\n"))]
-    )
-  )
-
+                                        "--exclude-standard")) #"\n"))])) 
 (defn gather-project-info
   "Creates a dictionary of project information."
   []
   (let [all-files (map str  (file-seq (clojure.java.io/file ".")))
-        ; files (string/split (:out (shell/sh "hg" "st" "-m" "-a" "-r" "-d" "-c" "-n" )) #"\n")
-
         files (map #(clojure.string/replace % #"./(.*)" "$1") all-files )
         ; file-set (set files)
         ;note that using some here means that if both are present, hg is
@@ -37,8 +32,7 @@
      :extensions (frequencies (map get-extension files ))
      :path (System/getProperty "user.dir")
      :untracked-files  (gather-untracked vcs-systems)
-     :readme (if-let [filename (some #{"README.md" "README.txt" "README.mkd"} files)] (slurp filename) "")
-     }) )
+     :readme (if-let [filename (some #{"README.md" "README.txt" "README.mkd"} files)] (slurp filename) "") }) )
 
 (defn color [color string]
   (let [color-sequence (case color
@@ -47,27 +41,26 @@
                          :blue "\u001B[34m"
                          :red "\u001B[31m"
                          :cyan "\u001B[36m"
-                         :magenta "\u001B[35m"
-                         )
-        reset "\u001B[m" ]
-  (str color-sequence string reset)) )
+                         :magenta "\u001B[35m")
+        reset "\u001B[m"]
+  (str color-sequence string reset)))
 
 
 (defn check-vcs [project]
   (let [{files :files } project]
-    (boolean (some #{".git" ".hg"} files)) ))
+    (boolean (some #{".git" ".hg"} files))))
 
 (defn check-readme [project]
   (let [{files :files } project]
-    (boolean (some #{"README.md" "README.txt" "README.mkd" "README"} files)) ))
+    (boolean (some #{"README.md" "README.txt" "README.mkd" "README"} files))))
 
 (defn check-changelog [project]
   (let [{files :files } project]
-    (boolean (some #{"CHANGELOG.md" "CHANGELOG.txt" "CHANGELOG.mkd" "CHANGELOG"} files)) ))
+    (boolean (some #{"CHANGELOG.md" "CHANGELOG.txt" "CHANGELOG.mkd" "CHANGELOG"} files))))
 
 (defn check-untracked [project]
   (let [{untracked :untracked-files } project]
-    (= (count untracked) 0)) )
+    (= (count untracked) 0)))
 
 (defn check-taskpaper [project]
   (let [{extensions :extensions files :files } project]
@@ -75,7 +68,7 @@
         (some #{"TODO" "TODO.txt" } files))))
 
 (defn check-readme-placeholders [project]
-  (= (count (re-find #"(FIXME|TODO)" (:readme project) )) 0))
+  (= (count (re-find #"(FIXME|TODO)" (:readme project))) 0))
 
 
 (defn check-license [project]
@@ -87,11 +80,11 @@
               :description ""
               :function check-vcs
               :level :error
-              :follow-up "Initialize a repository." }
+              :follow-up "Initialize a repository."}
              {:name "Always True"
               :function #(or true %)
               :level :error
-              :follow-up "This is a bug." }
+              :follow-up "This is a bug."}
              {:name "All files are tracked or ignored"
               :description ""
               :function check-untracked
@@ -101,12 +94,12 @@
               :function check-taskpaper
               :description ""
               :level :suggestion
-              :follow-up "Add a todo file using Taskpaper." }
+              :follow-up "Add a todo file using Taskpaper."}
              {:name "Project has a README"
               :function check-readme
               :description "Readme exists"
               :level :warning
-              :follow-up "Add a README." }
+              :follow-up "Add a README."}
              {:name "Project has a CHANGELOG"
               :function check-changelog
               :description "Changelog exists"
@@ -116,8 +109,7 @@
              :function check-readme-placeholders
              :description "No placeholders in README"
              :level :error
-             :follow-up "Address placeholders or convert them to tasks."
-             } 
+             :follow-up "Address placeholders or convert them to tasks."} 
             { :name "Project has a license"
              :function check-license
              :description "Project has a LICENSE file."
@@ -125,8 +117,7 @@
              :follow-up "Add a license to LICENSE. Consider using https://choosealicense.com/ for guidance." }])
 
 (defn perform-check [check project]
-  (let [{check-name :name function :function follow-up :follow-up
-         level :level } check
+  (let [{check-name :name :keys [function follow-up level]} check
         result (function project)
         false-color (case level
                       :suggestion :blue
@@ -134,16 +125,16 @@
                       :error :red
                       :red)
         prefix (case level
-                  :suggestion "Suggested "
-                      :warning "Recommended "
-                      :error "Required "
-                      "Follow-up" )]
+                 :suggestion "Suggested "
+                 :warning "Recommended "
+                 :error "Required "
+                 "Follow-up")]
     {:name check-name
      :result result
      :output (if result
                (color :green (str "✔" check-name "…passed!"))
-               (str (color false-color (str "❌" check-name "…failed!"))  "\n\t" prefix " Follow up: "  follow-up))}))
-
+               (str (color false-color (str "❌" check-name "…failed!"))
+                    "\n\t" prefix " Follow up: "  follow-up))}))
 
 (defn -main
   "Run checks."