diff --git a/src/iembot/basicbot.py b/src/iembot/basicbot.py
index 0e922c0..7e9fd19 100644
--- a/src/iembot/basicbot.py
+++ b/src/iembot/basicbot.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 """Basic iembot/nwsbot implementation."""
 
 import copy
-import datetime
 import os
 import pickle
 import random
 import re
 import traceback
 from collections import namedtuple
+from datetime import timedelta
 from io import StringIO
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ def compute_daily_caller(self):
         """Figure out when to be called"""
         log.msg("compute_daily_caller() called...")
         # Figure out when to spam all rooms with a timestamp
-        utcnow = utc() + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
+        utcnow = utc() + timedelta(days=1)
         tnext = utcnow.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0)
         log.msg(
             "Initial Calling daily_timestamp in "
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ def handle_flood_request(self, elem, bstring):
         with star trek quotes, yes!
         """
         _from = jid.JID(elem["from"])
-        if not re.match(r"^nws-", _from.user):
+        if not re.match("^nws-", str(_from.user)):
             msg = "Sorry, you must be NWS to flood a chatroom!"
             self.send_privatechat(elem["from"], msg)
             return
diff --git a/src/iembot/util.py b/src/iembot/util.py
index 12f1639..ec01644 100644
--- a/src/iembot/util.py
+++ b/src/iembot/util.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ def twitter_errback(err, bot, user_id, tweettext):
         disable_twitter_user(bot, user_id, errcode)
     else:
         sn = bot.tw_users.get(user_id, {}).get("screen_name", "")
-        msg = f"User: {user_id} ({sn})\n" f"Failed to tweet: {tweettext}"
+        msg = f"User: {user_id} ({sn})\nFailed to tweet: {tweettext}"
         email_error(err, bot, msg)
 
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def mastodon_errback(err, bot, user_id, tweettext):
         disable_mastodon_user(bot, user_id, errcode)
     else:
         sn = bot.md_users.get(user_id, {}).get("screen_name", "")
-        msg = f"User: {user_id} ({sn})\n" f"Failed to toot: {tweettext}"
+        msg = f"User: {user_id} ({sn})\nFailed to toot: {tweettext}"
         email_error(err, bot, msg)