diff --git a/reddit/subreddit.py b/reddit/subreddit.py
index d549bb7..be85874 100644
--- a/reddit/subreddit.py
+++ b/reddit/subreddit.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 
 
 def get_subreddit_threads(subreddit_):
-    global submission
     """
     Takes subreddit_ as parameter which defaults to None, but in this
     case since it is None, it would raise ValueError, thus defaulting
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ def get_subreddit_threads(subreddit_):
     Returns a list of threads from the AskReddit subreddit.
     """
 
+    global submission
     load_dotenv()
 
     print_step("Getting AskReddit threads...")
diff --git a/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py b/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py
index 72b65ff..c7d9abd 100644
--- a/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py
+++ b/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ def download_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(reddit_object, screenshot_num, theme):
     # ! Make sure the reddit screenshots folder exists
     Path("assets/png").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    with sync_playwright() as p:
+    with sync_playwright() as browser_:
         print_substep("Launching Headless Browser...")
 
-        browser = p.chromium.launch()
+        browser = browser_.chromium.launch()
         context = browser.new_context()
 
         if theme.casefold() == "dark":
-            cookie_file = open("video_creation/cookies.json")
-            cookies = json.load(cookie_file)
-            context.add_cookies(cookies)
+            with open("video_creation/cookies.json", encoding="utf-8") as cookie_file:
+                cookies = json.load(cookie_file)
+                context.add_cookies(cookies)
 
         # Get the thread screenshot
         page = context.new_page()
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def download_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(reddit_object, screenshot_num, theme):
         )
 
         for idx, comment in track(
-            enumerate(reddit_object["comments"]), "Downloading screenshots..."
-        ):
+                enumerate(reddit_object["comments"]), "Downloading screenshots..."
+            ):
 
             # Stop if we have reached the screenshot_num
             if idx >= screenshot_num: