diff --git a/examples/flask/client.py b/examples/flask/client.py
index 70a290aed3..ce8ea8aa26 100644
--- a/examples/flask/client.py
+++ b/examples/flask/client.py
@@ -42,22 +42,17 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import os
+import logging
 import time
 from typing import Any, Callable, List
 
 import numpy
 import requests
 
-from deepsparse.utils import (
-    arrays_to_bytes,
-    bytes_to_arrays,
-    generate_random_inputs,
-    log_init,
-)
+from deepsparse.utils import arrays_to_bytes, bytes_to_arrays, generate_random_inputs
 
 
-_LOGGER = log_init(os.path.basename(__file__))
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class EngineFlaskClient:
diff --git a/examples/flask/server.py b/examples/flask/server.py
index 8c3917ebfa..3a470cfc78 100644
--- a/examples/flask/server.py
+++ b/examples/flask/server.py
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import os
+import logging
 
 import flask
 from flask_cors import CORS
 
 from deepsparse import Scheduler, compile_model
-from deepsparse.utils import arrays_to_bytes, bytes_to_arrays, log_init
+from deepsparse.utils import arrays_to_bytes, bytes_to_arrays
 
 
-_LOGGER = log_init(os.path.basename(__file__))
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def engine_flask_server(
diff --git a/src/deepsparse/tasks.py b/src/deepsparse/tasks.py
index 0946fe8c5b..6ffaad7ec3 100644
--- a/src/deepsparse/tasks.py
+++ b/src/deepsparse/tasks.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+"""
+Classes and implementations for supported tasks in the DeepSparse pipeline and system
+"""
+
 from collections import namedtuple
 from typing import List
 
@@ -20,23 +24,50 @@
 
 
 class AliasedTask:
+    """
+    A task that can have multiple aliases to match to.
+    For example, question_answering which can alias to qa as well
+
+    :param name: the name of the task such as question_answering or text_classification
+    :param aliases: the aliases the task can go by in addition to the name such as
+        qa, glue, sentiment_analysis, etc
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, name: str, aliases: List[str]):
         self._name = name
         self._aliases = aliases
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
+        """
+        :return: the name of the task such as question_answering
+        """
         return self._name
 
     @property
     def aliases(self) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        :return: the aliases the task can go by such as qa, glue, sentiment_analysis
+        """
         return self._aliases
 
     def matches(self, task: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        :param task: the name of the task to check whether the given instance matches.
+            Checks the current name as well as any aliases.
+            Everything is compared at lower case and "-" are replaced with "_".
+        :return: True if task does match the current instance, False otherwise
+        """
+        task = task.lower().replace("-", "_")
+
         return task == self.name or task in self.aliases
 
 
 class SupportedTasks:
+    """
+    The supported tasks in the DeepSparse pipeline and system
+    """
+
     nlp = namedtuple(
         "nlp", ["question_answering", "text_classification", "token_classification"]
     )(
@@ -49,6 +80,11 @@ class SupportedTasks:
 
     @classmethod
     def is_nlp(cls, task: str) -> bool:
+        """
+        :param task: the name of the task to check whether it is an nlp task
+            such as question_answering
+        :return: True if it is an nlp task, False otherwise
+        """
         return (
             cls.nlp.question_answering.matches(task)
             or cls.nlp.text_classification.matches(task)