diff --git a/misc/requirements.txt b/misc/requirements.txt
index 400b509..79f5b99 100644
--- a/misc/requirements.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 python-telegram-bot
 telegram
 requests
-praw
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+praw
+python-twitter
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diff --git a/schneiderbot_twitter.py b/schneiderbot_twitter.py
index 6f81008..723347d 100644
--- a/schneiderbot_twitter.py
+++ b/schneiderbot_twitter.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def check_pepito_and_post_auto(bot, update):
     api = get_twitter_instance()
     current_status = api.GetUserTimeline(pepito_id)[0]
     global last_status
-    if last_status == None or last_status.AsDict()['id'] != current_status.AsDict()['id']:
+    if last_status is None or last_status.AsDict()['id'] != current_status.AsDict()['id']:
         for group_id in pepito_groups:
             bot.send_message(chat_id=group_id, text=current_status.AsDict()['text'])
         last_status = current_status
diff --git a/web_requests.py b/web_requests.py
index 46a44ac..0a80cbf 100644
--- a/web_requests.py
+++ b/web_requests.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ def send_coding_love_gif(bot, update):
         bot.send_animation(chat_id=update.message.chat_id, animation=gif_url, caption=caption)
 
     else:
-        update.message.reply_text("Error fetching image: %s  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" % random_url)
+        update.message.reply_text("Error fetching image: {}  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯".format(random_url))
 
 
 def send_wiki_how_article(bot, update):
     random_howto = requests.get(urls["wikihow"])
     howto_title = re.search('<title>(.*)</title>', random_howto.text).group(1)
-    howto_url = re.search('<link rel="canonical" href="(.*)" />', random_howto.text).group(1)
+    howto_url = re.search('<link rel="canonical" href="(.*)".*/>', random_howto.text).group(1)
     update.message.reply_text(howto_title + "\n" + howto_url)