diff --git a/telegram-notify-daemon b/telegram-notify-daemon
index 7876758..3e5dec2 100755
--- a/telegram-notify-daemon
+++ b/telegram-notify-daemon
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ class FilesChangedHandler(PatternMatchingEventHandler):
         event.src_path
             path/to/observed/file
         """
-        global bot
         if event.event_type=='created':
             processFile(event.src_path)
 
@@ -177,6 +176,7 @@ def exitGracefully(signum, frame):
     global shutdown
     shutdown = True
 
+
 def setDefaults():
     global configFile
     global defaults
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ def initLogger():
     logging.basicConfig(filename=logFile,level=logLevel,format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+
 def checkPIDFile():
     PIDFile = configParser.get('general', 'pid_file')
     try:
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ def initBot():
     observer.schedule(FilesChangedHandler(), path=spool_dir)
     observer.start()
 
+
 initSignals()
 setDefaults()
 parseCmdLine()