diff --git a/flatland/evaluators/client.py b/flatland/evaluators/client.py
index f9d8351fce0a8dabfdc8d0d785a692462ec86091..0eaacb57cacfc2a6c9e66919fd79bc18afb9f8c1 100644
--- a/flatland/evaluators/client.py
+++ b/flatland/evaluators/client.py
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 import redis
 import json
 import os
-import glob
-import pkg_resources
-import sys
 import numpy as np
 import msgpack
 import msgpack_numpy as m
-m.patch()
 import hashlib
 import random
 from flatland.evaluators import messages
-
 from flatland.envs.rail_env import RailEnv
 from flatland.envs.generators import rail_from_file
 from flatland.envs.observations import TreeObsForRailEnv
 from flatland.envs.predictions import ShortestPathPredictorForRailEnv
-
 import time
-
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+m.patch()
+
 
 class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
     """
@@ -43,8 +38,7 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
                 remote_port=6379,
                 remote_db=0,
                 remote_password=None,
-                verbose=False
-                ):
+                verbose=False):
 
         self.remote_host = remote_host
         self.remote_port = remote_port
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
                                 password=remote_password)
         self.namespace = "flatland-rl"
         try:
-            self.service_id =  os.environ['FLATLAND_RL_SERVICE_ID']
+            self.service_id = os.environ['FLATLAND_RL_SERVICE_ID']
         except KeyError:
             self.service_id = "FLATLAND_RL_SERVICE_ID"
         self.command_channel = "{}::{}::commands".format(
@@ -77,9 +71,9 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
                         "{}".format(
                                 random.randint(0, 10**10)
                             ).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
-        response_channel = "{}::{}::response::{}".format(   self.namespace,
-                                                            self.service_id,
-                                                            random_hash)
+        response_channel = "{}::{}::response::{}".format(self.namespace,
+                                                        self.service_id,
+                                                        random_hash)
         return response_channel
 
     def _blocking_request(self, _request):
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
                 ** redis-left-push (LPUSH)
             * Keep listening on response_channel (BLPOP)
         """
-        assert type(_request) ==type({})
+        assert isinstance(_request, dict)
         _request['response_channel'] = self._generate_response_channel()
 
         _redis = self.get_redis_connection()
@@ -102,14 +96,16 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
             The client always pushes in the left
             and the service always pushes in the right
         """
-        if self.verbose: print("Request : ", _response)
+        if self.verbose:
+            print("Request : ", _request)
         # Push request in command_channels
         # Note: The patched msgpack supports numpy arrays
         payload = msgpack.packb(_request, default=m.encode, use_bin_type=True)
         _redis.lpush(self.command_channel, payload)
         # Wait with a blocking pop for the response
         _response = _redis.blpop(_request['response_channel'])[1]
-        if self.verbose: print("Response : ", _response)
+        if self.verbose:
+            print("Response : ", _response)
         _response = msgpack.unpackb(
                         _response, 
                         object_hook=m.decode, 
@@ -163,7 +159,7 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
         self.env._max_episode_steps = \
             int(1.5 * (self.env.width + self.env.height))
 
-        _ = self.env.reset()
+        self.env.reset()
         # Use the observation from the remote service instead
         return observation
 
@@ -198,8 +194,10 @@ class FlatlandRemoteClient(object):
                 time.sleep(10)
         return _response['payload']
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     env_client = FlatlandRemoteClient()
+    
     def my_controller(obs, _env):
         _action = {}
         for _idx, _ in enumerate(_env.agents):