diff --git a/python/lsst/consdb/client.py b/python/lsst/consdb/client.py
index bee13520..fa7d8fcb 100644
--- a/python/lsst/consdb/client.py
+++ b/python/lsst/consdb/client.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ def query(
         raise e
     try:
         response.raise_for_status()
-    except:
+    except Exception as ex:
         print(response.content.decode())
-        raise
+        raise ex
     arr = response.json()
     return DataFrame(arr[1:], columns=arr[0])
 
diff --git a/python/lsst/consdb/header_proc.py b/python/lsst/consdb/header_proc.py
index 551684e7..4c9ae206 100644
--- a/python/lsst/consdb/header_proc.py
+++ b/python/lsst/consdb/header_proc.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import httpx
 import kafkit
 from lsst.resources import ResourcePath
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import lsst.resources
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 def process_resource(resource: lsst.resources.ResourcePath) -> None:
     content = json.loads(resource.read())
     with engine.begin() as conn:
+        print(conn)
         # TODO get all fields and tables, do as a transaction
         # conn.execute(
-        #     text("INSERT INTO exposure (a, b, c, d, e)" " VALUES(:a, :b, :c, :d, :e)"),
+        #     text("INSERT INTO exposure (a, b, c, d, e)"
+        #     " VALUES(:a, :b, :c, :d, :e)"),
         #     [dict(a=content["something"], b=2, c=3, d=4, e=5)],
         # )
         print(f"Processing {resource}: {content[0:100]}")
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ async def main() -> None:
         consumer = aiokafka.AIOKafkaConsumer(
             topic,
             bootstrap_servers=kafka_cluster,
-            group_id=kafka_group_id,
+            group_id=str(kafka_group_id),
             auto_offset_reset="earliest",
         )
         await consumer.start()
diff --git a/python/lsst/consdb/hinfo-latiss.py b/python/lsst/consdb/hinfo-latiss.py
index d3e81156..df30508d 100644
--- a/python/lsst/consdb/hinfo-latiss.py
+++ b/python/lsst/consdb/hinfo-latiss.py
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ def logical_or(*bools: Iterable[int | str | None]) -> bool:
 }
 
 TOPIC_MAPPING = {
-     "LATISS": "ATHeaderService",
-     "LSSTComCam": "CCHeaderService",
-     "LSSTCam": "MTHeaderService",
+    "LATISS": "ATHeaderService",
+    "LSSTComCam": "CCHeaderService",
+    "LSSTCam": "MTHeaderService",
 }
 
 
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ def logical_or(*bools: Iterable[int | str | None]) -> bool:
 
 
 def process_keyword(keyword: str | tuple, info: dict) -> Any:
-    if type(keyword) == str:
+    if type(keyword) is str:
         if keyword in info:
             return info[keyword]
-    elif type(keyword) == tuple:
+    elif type(keyword) is tuple:
         fn = keyword[0]
         args = keyword[1:]
         if all([a in info for a in args]):
diff --git a/python/lsst/consdb/server.py b/python/lsst/consdb/server.py
index 106c9007..5344db69 100644
--- a/python/lsst/consdb/server.py
+++ b/python/lsst/consdb/server.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from flask import Flask, request
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData, Table
-from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import insert
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, MetaData
 import sqlalchemy.exc