diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 9e8f3ae..0e63b83 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from utils import settings
 from utils.cleanup import cleanup
 from utils.console import print_markdown, print_step, print_substep
 from utils.ffmpeg_install import ffmpeg_install
-from utils.id import id
+from utils.id import extract_id
 from utils.version import checkversion
 import argparse
 
@@ -44,11 +44,15 @@ print_markdown(
 )
 checkversion(__VERSION__)
 
+reddit_id: str
+reddit_object: Dict[str, str | list]
+
 
 def main(POST_ID=None) -> None:
-    global redditid, reddit_object
+    global reddit_id, reddit_object
     reddit_object = get_subreddit_threads(POST_ID)
-    redditid = id(reddit_object)
+    reddit_id = extract_id(reddit_object)
+    print_substep(f"Thread ID is {reddit_id}", style="bold blue")
     length, number_of_comments = save_text_to_mp3(reddit_object)
     length = math.ceil(length)
     get_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(reddit_object, number_of_comments)
@@ -66,15 +70,15 @@ def run_many(times) -> None:
     for x in range(1, times + 1):
         print_step(
             f'on the {x}{("th", "st", "nd", "rd", "th", "th", "th", "th", "th", "th")[x % 10]} iteration of {times}'
-        )  # correct 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th....
+        )
         main()
         Popen("cls" if name == "nt" else "clear", shell=True).wait()
 
 
 def shutdown() -> NoReturn:
-    if "redditid" in globals():
+    if "reddit_id" in globals():
         print_markdown("## Clearing temp files")
-        cleanup(redditid)
+        cleanup(reddit_id)
 
     print("Exiting...")
     sys.exit()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6e2e7b..6dcf08f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ spacy==3.7.5
 torch==2.3.1
 transformers==4.41.2
 ffmpeg-python==0.2.0
-elevenlabs==1.3.0
+elevenlabs==1.3.1
 yt-dlp==2024.5.27
 numpy==1.26.4
diff --git a/utils/ai_methods.py b/utils/ai_methods.py
index e628942..6926a71 100644
--- a/utils/ai_methods.py
+++ b/utils/ai_methods.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def mean_pooling(model_output, attention_mask):
     )
 
 
-# This function sort the given threads based on their total similarity with the given keywords
+# This function sorts the given threads based on their total similarity with the given keywords
 def sort_by_similarity(thread_objects, keywords):
     # Initialize tokenizer + model.
     tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def sort_by_similarity(thread_objects, keywords):
         threads_embeddings = model(**encoded_threads)
     threads_embeddings = mean_pooling(threads_embeddings, encoded_threads["attention_mask"])
 
-    # Keywords inference
+    # Keyword inference
     encoded_keywords = tokenizer(keywords, padding=True, truncation=True, return_tensors="pt")
     with torch.no_grad():
         keywords_embeddings = model(**encoded_keywords)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def sort_by_similarity(thread_objects, keywords):
 
     similarity_scores, indices = torch.sort(total_scores, descending=True)
 
-    threads_sentences = np.array(threads_sentences)[indices.numpy()]
+    # threads_sentences = np.array(threads_sentences)[indices.numpy()]
 
     thread_objects = np.array(thread_objects)[indices.numpy()].tolist()
 
diff --git a/utils/console.py b/utils/console.py
index 18c3248..a9abf4b 100644
--- a/utils/console.py
+++ b/utils/console.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def handle_input(
         user_input = input("").strip()
         if check_type is not False:
             try:
-                isinstance(eval(user_input), check_type)
+                isinstance(eval(user_input), check_type)  # fixme: remove eval
                 return check_type(user_input)
             except:
                 console.print(
diff --git a/utils/ffmpeg_install.py b/utils/ffmpeg_install.py
index b2c673d..b41bad6 100644
--- a/utils/ffmpeg_install.py
+++ b/utils/ffmpeg_install.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ def ffmpeg_install_windows():
             for root, dirs, files in os.walk(ffmpeg_extracted_folder, topdown=False):
                 for file in files:
                     os.remove(os.path.join(root, file))
-                for dir in dirs:
-                    os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, dir))
+                for directory in dirs:
+                    os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, directory))
             os.rmdir(ffmpeg_extracted_folder)
 
         # Extract FFmpeg
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def ffmpeg_install():
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
         )
-    except FileNotFoundError as e:
+    except FileNotFoundError:
         # Check if there's ffmpeg.exe in the current directory
         if os.path.exists("./ffmpeg.exe"):
             print(
diff --git a/utils/gui_utils.py b/utils/gui_utils.py
index f683adf..31c135f 100644
--- a/utils/gui_utils.py
+++ b/utils/gui_utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ def get_checks():
 
 
 # Get current config (from config.toml) as dict
-def get_config(obj: dict, done={}):
+def get_config(obj: dict, done=None):
+    if done is None:
+        done = {}
     for key in obj.keys():
         if not isinstance(obj[key], dict):
             done[key] = obj[key]
@@ -44,13 +46,13 @@ def check(value, checks):
 
     if not incorrect and "type" in checks:
         try:
-            value = eval(checks["type"])(value)
+            value = eval(checks["type"])(value)  # fixme remove eval
         except Exception:
             incorrect = True
 
     if (
         not incorrect and "options" in checks and value not in checks["options"]
-    ):  # FAILSTATE Value is not one of the options
+    ):  # FAILSTATE Value isn't one of the options
         incorrect = True
     if (
         not incorrect
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ def check(value, checks):
             (isinstance(value, str) and re.match(checks["regex"], value) is None)
             or not isinstance(value, str)
         )
-    ):  # FAILSTATE Value doesn't match regex, or has regex but is not a string.
+    ):  # FAILSTATE Value doesn't match regular expression, or has regular expression but isn't a string.
         incorrect = True
 
     if (
@@ -88,17 +90,17 @@ def check(value, checks):
     return value
 
 
-# Modify settings (after form is submitted)
+# Modify settings (after the form is submitted)
 def modify_settings(data: dict, config_load, checks: dict):
     # Modify config settings
-    def modify_config(obj: dict, name: str, value: any):
+    def modify_config(obj: dict, config_name: str, value: any):
         for key in obj.keys():
-            if name == key:
+            if config_name == key:
                 obj[key] = value
             elif not isinstance(obj[key], dict):
                 continue
             else:
-                modify_config(obj[key], name, value)
+                modify_config(obj[key], config_name, value)
 
     # Remove empty/incorrect key-value pairs
     data = {key: value for key, value in data.items() if value and key in checks.keys()}
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ def add_background(youtube_uri, filename, citation, position):
 
     youtube_uri = f"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={regex.group(1)}"
 
-    # Check if position is valid
+    # Check if the position is valid
     if position == "" or position == "center":
         position = "center"
 
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ def add_background(youtube_uri, filename, citation, position):
 
     filename = filename.replace(" ", "_")
 
-    # Check if background doesn't already exist
+    # Check if the background doesn't already exist
     with open("utils/backgrounds.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as backgrounds:
         data = json.load(backgrounds)
 
diff --git a/utils/id.py b/utils/id.py
index 3d76593..792d9c9 100644
--- a/utils/id.py
+++ b/utils/id.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import re
+from typing import Optional
 
 from utils.console import print_substep
 
 
-def id(reddit_obj: dict):
+def extract_id(reddit_obj: dict, field: Optional[str] = "thread_id"):
     """
     This function takes a reddit object and returns the post id
     """
-    id = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_id"])
-    print_substep(f"Thread ID is {id}", style="bold blue")
-    return id
+    if field not in reddit_obj.keys():
+        raise ValueError(f"Field '{field}' not found in reddit object")
+    reddit_id = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj[field])
+    return reddit_id
diff --git a/utils/imagenarator.py b/utils/imagenarator.py
index 509882d..ad75331 100644
--- a/utils/imagenarator.py
+++ b/utils/imagenarator.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from rich.progress import track
 
 from TTS.engine_wrapper import process_text
 from utils.fonts import getheight, getsize
+from utils.id import extract_id
 
 
 def draw_multiple_line_text(
@@ -58,18 +59,16 @@ def imagemaker(theme, reddit_obj: dict, txtclr, padding=5, transparent=False) ->
     Render Images for video
     """
     texts = reddit_obj["thread_post"]
-    id = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_id"])
-
+    reddit_id = extract_id(reddit_obj)
     if transparent:
         font = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Bold.ttf"), 100)
     else:
         font = ImageFont.truetype(os.path.join("fonts", "Roboto-Regular.ttf"), 100)
-    size = (1920, 1080)
 
-    image = Image.new("RGBA", size, theme)
+    size = (1920, 1080)
 
     for idx, text in track(enumerate(texts), "Rendering Image"):
         image = Image.new("RGBA", size, theme)
         text = process_text(text, False)
         draw_multiple_line_text(image, text, font, txtclr, padding, wrap=30, transparent=transparent)
-        image.save(f"assets/temp/{id}/png/img{idx}.png")
+        image.save(f"assets/temp/{reddit_id}/png/img{idx}.png")
diff --git a/utils/settings.py b/utils/settings.py
index 2ebaef3..6b8242b 100755
--- a/utils/settings.py
+++ b/utils/settings.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def check(value, checks, name):
         incorrect = True
     if not incorrect and "type" in checks:
         try:
-            value = eval(checks["type"])(value)
+            value = eval(checks["type"])(value)  # fixme remove eval
         except:
             incorrect = True
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def check(value, checks, name):
             + str(name)
             + "[#F7768E bold]=",
             extra_info=get_check_value("explanation", ""),
-            check_type=eval(get_check_value("type", "False")),
+            check_type=eval(get_check_value("type", "False")),  # fixme remove eval
             default=get_check_value("default", NotImplemented),
             match=get_check_value("regex", ""),
             err_message=get_check_value("input_error", "Incorrect input"),
diff --git a/video_creation/final_video.py b/video_creation/final_video.py
index 101d0f7..0118401 100644
--- a/video_creation/final_video.py
+++ b/video_creation/final_video.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from utils import settings
 from utils.cleanup import cleanup
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from utils.fonts import getheight
+from utils.id import extract_id
 from utils.thumbnail import create_thumbnail
 from utils.videos import save_data
 
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ def make_final_video(
 
     opacity = settings.config["settings"]["opacity"]
 
-    reddit_id = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_id"])
+    reddit_id = extract_id(reddit_obj)
 
     allowOnlyTTSFolder: bool = (
         settings.config["settings"]["background"]["enable_extra_audio"]
@@ -343,8 +344,8 @@ def make_final_video(
             )
             current_time += audio_clips_durations[i]
 
-    title = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_title"])
-    idx = re.sub(r"[^\w\s-]", "", reddit_obj["thread_id"])
+    title = extract_id(reddit_obj, "thread_title")
+    idx = extract_id(reddit_obj)
     title_thumb = reddit_obj["thread_title"]
 
     filename = f"{name_normalize(title)[:251]}"
diff --git a/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py b/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py
index 6b56e99..12a844d 100644
--- a/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py
+++ b/video_creation/screenshot_downloader.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def get_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(reddit_object: dict, screenshot_num: int):
     # ! Make sure the reddit screenshots folder exists
     Path(f"assets/temp/{reddit_id}/png").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    # set the theme and disable non-essential cookies
+    # set the theme and turn off non-essential cookies
     if settings.config["settings"]["theme"] == "dark":
         cookie_file = open("./video_creation/data/cookie-dark-mode.json", encoding="utf-8")
         bgcolor = (33, 33, 36, 255)
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ def get_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(reddit_object: dict, screenshot_num: int):
         transparent = False
 
     if storymode and settings.config["settings"]["storymodemethod"] == 1:
-        # for idx,item in enumerate(reddit_object["thread_post"]):
         print_substep("Generating images...")
         return imagemaker(
             theme=bgcolor,