diff --git a/wmcounter.py b/wmcounter.py
index ffa0377..c266bee 100644
--- a/wmcounter.py
+++ b/wmcounter.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
-# 
+#
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
-# 
+#
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 import sys
 import time
 
+
 def main():
-    path="/data/project/wmcounter/public_html"
+    path = "/data/project/wmcounter/public_html"
     if os.path.exists('%s/wmcounter.data.js' % path):
         f = open('%s/wmcounter.data.js' % path, 'r')
         data = f.read().splitlines()
@@ -36,34 +37,36 @@ def main():
 
     print "timestamp_old =", timestamp_old, "total_old =", total_old
 
-    timestamp=int('%d' % time.time())*1000
-    total=0.0
+    timestamp = int('%d' % time.time())*1000
+    total = 0.0
 
-    conn = MySQLdb.connect(host='s3.labsdb', db='meta_p', read_default_file='~/replica.my.cnf', use_unicode=True)
+    db_args = dict(read_default_file='~/replica.my.cnf', use_unicode=True)
+    conn = MySQLdb.connect(host='s3.labsdb', db='meta_p', **db_args)
     cursor = conn.cursor()
     cursor.execute("SELECT lang, family, slice, dbname FROM wiki WHERE 1;")
     result = cursor.fetchall()
     checked = 0
-    families = ["wikibooks", "wikipedia", "wiktionary", "wikimedia", "wikiquote", "wikisource", "wikinews", "wikiversity", "commons", "wikispecies", "wikidata", "wikivoyage"]
+    families = ["wikibooks", "wikipedia", "wiktionary", "wikimedia", "wikiquote", "wikisource",
+                "wikinews", "wikiversity", "commons", "wikispecies", "wikidata", "wikivoyage"]
     for row in result:
         lang = row[0]
         family = row[1]
         if family not in families:
             continue
         dbserver = row[2]
-        dbname = row[3]+'_p'
-        
+        dbname = row[3] + '_p'
+
         try:
-            conn2 = MySQLdb.connect(host=dbserver, db=dbname, read_default_file='~/replica.my.cnf', use_unicode=True)
+            conn2 = MySQLdb.connect(host=dbserver, db=dbname, **db_args)
             cursor2 = conn2.cursor()
-            #print "OK:", dbserver, dbname
+            # print "OK:", dbserver, dbname
             cursor2.execute("select ss_total_edits from site_stats where 1")
             result2 = cursor2.fetchall()
             for row2 in result2:
                 edits = int(row2[0])
                 total += edits
                 checked += 1
-                if edits>1:
+                if edits > 1:
                     print "%s.%s = %s edits" % (dbname, dbserver, edits)
 
             cursor2.close()
@@ -72,22 +75,22 @@ def main():
             print "Error in", dbserver, dbname
 
     print "timestamp =", timestamp, ", total =", total
-    editrate = (total-total_old)/(timestamp-timestamp_old) # per milisecond
+    editrate = (total - total_old) / (timestamp - timestamp_old)  # per millisecond
     print "editrate =", editrate
     print families
     print "databases =", checked
 
     if editrate <= 0:
-        sys.exit() #wait to the next update
+        sys.exit()  # wait to the next update
 
-    if total>total_old:
+    if total > total_old:
         output = u"""var editinit = %s;
 var timeinit = %s;
-var editrate = %s; //edits per milisecond""" % (total, timestamp, editrate)
+var editrate = %s; //edits per millisecond""" % (total, timestamp, editrate)
         outfile = open('%s/wmcounter.data.js' % path, 'w')
         outfile.write(output)
         outfile.close()
-        
+
     cursor.close()
     conn.close()