diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 318a0ce8..210086e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ build
 dist
 .pdm-python
 .venv
+*.log
+*.xml
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 4f3ce510..e69de29b 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
-
-from ytmusicapi.setup import setup, setup_oauth
-from ytmusicapi.ytmusic import YTMusic
-
-try:
-    __version__ = version("ytmusicapi")
-except PackageNotFoundError:
-    # package is not installed
-    pass
-
-__copyright__ = "Copyright 2023 sigma67"
-__license__ = "MIT"
-__title__ = "ytmusicapi"
-__all__ = ["YTMusic", "setup_oauth", "setup"]
diff --git a/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py b/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py
index fc8677f8..f626d50c 100644
--- a/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py
+++ b/tests/mixins/test_browsing.py
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ def test_get_user(self, yt):
         results = yt.get_user("UC44hbeRoCZVVMVg5z0FfIww")
         assert len(results) == 3
 
-    def test_get_user_playlists(self, yt_auth):
-        results = yt_auth.get_user("UCPVhZsC2od1xjGhgEc2NEPQ")  # Vevo playlists
-        results = yt_auth.get_user_playlists("UCPVhZsC2od1xjGhgEc2NEPQ", results["playlists"]["params"])
+    def test_get_user_playlists(self, yt, yt_auth):
+        channel = "UCPVhZsC2od1xjGhgEc2NEPQ"  # Vevo playlists
+        user = yt_auth.get_user(channel)
+        results = yt_auth.get_user_playlists(channel, user["playlists"]["params"])
         assert len(results) > 100
 
+        results_empty = yt.get_user_playlists(channel, user["playlists"]["params"])
+        assert len(results_empty) == 0
+
     def test_get_album_browse_id(self, yt, sample_album):
         warnings.filterwarnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
         browse_id = yt.get_album_browse_id("OLAK5uy_nMr9h2VlS-2PULNz3M3XVXQj_P3C2bqaY")
diff --git a/tests/mixins/test_search.py b/tests/mixins/test_search.py
index 017af097..7750c851 100644
--- a/tests/mixins/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/mixins/test_search.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 
 class TestSearch:
-    def test_search_exceptions(self):
+    def test_search_exceptions(self, yt_auth):
         query = "edm playlist"
-        with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Invalid filter provided"):
             yt_auth.search(query, filter="song")
-        with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        with pytest.raises(Exception, match="Invalid scope provided"):
             yt_auth.search(query, scope="upload")
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("query", ["Monekes", "qllwlwl", "heun"])
diff --git a/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py b/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py
index 2983b5d0..40fe733d 100644
--- a/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py
+++ b/ytmusicapi/mixins/_protocol.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ class MixinProtocol(Protocol):
     proxies: Optional[Dict[str, str]]
 
     def _check_auth(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        """checks if self has authentication"""
 
     def _send_request(self, endpoint: str, body: Dict, additionalParams: str = "") -> Dict:
-        pass
+        """for sending post requests to YouTube Music"""
 
     def _send_get_request(self, url: str, params: Optional[Dict] = None) -> Response:
-        pass
+        """for sending get requests to YouTube Music"""
 
     @property
     def headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        pass
+        """property for getting request headers"""
diff --git a/ytmusicapi/navigation.py b/ytmusicapi/navigation.py
index e5c6d1ac..616add10 100644
--- a/ytmusicapi/navigation.py
+++ b/ytmusicapi/navigation.py
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
 
 @overload
 def nav(root: Dict[str, Any], items: List[Any], none_if_absent: Literal[False] = False) -> Any:
-    ...
+    """overload for mypy only"""
 
 
 @overload
 def nav(root: Dict, items: List[Any], none_if_absent: Literal[True] = True) -> Optional[Any]:
-    ...
+    """overload for mypy only"""
 
 
 def nav(root: Dict, items: List[Any], none_if_absent: bool = False) -> Optional[Any]: