diff --git a/src/chore/GenerationContext.py b/src/chore/GenerationContext.py
index fbb7a98..ae9c489 100644
--- a/src/chore/GenerationContext.py
+++ b/src/chore/GenerationContext.py
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ import os
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
 
-import gradio as gr
 import moviepy.editor as mp
 
 from .. import engines
 from ..models import Video, SessionLocal
-from ..utils.prompting import get_prompt
 
 
 class GenerationContext:
diff --git a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/AssetsEngineSelector.py b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/AssetsEngineSelector.py
index 6229248..0750fad 100644
--- a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/AssetsEngineSelector.py
+++ b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/AssetsEngineSelector.py
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ class AssetsEngineSelector:
             assets_opts = [
                 asset["args"] for asset in assets if asset["engine"] == engine.name
             ]
-            clips.extend(engine.get_assets(assets_opts))
+            clips.extend(engine.generate(assets_opts))
         self.ctx.index_3.extend(clips)
diff --git a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/BaseAssetsEngine.py b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/BaseAssetsEngine.py
index 1b69a9b..c79ddb8 100644
--- a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/BaseAssetsEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/BaseAssetsEngine.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import TypedDict
-
-from moviepy.editor import ImageClip, VideoFileClip
+from abc import abstractmethod
 
 from ..BaseEngine import BaseEngine
 
@@ -21,5 +18,5 @@ class BaseAssetsEngine(BaseEngine):
     spec_description: str
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def get_assets(self, options: list) -> list:
+    def generate(self, options: list) -> list:
         ...
diff --git a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/DallEAssetsEngine.py b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/DallEAssetsEngine.py
index 14922c2..46f9d83 100644
--- a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/DallEAssetsEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/DallEAssetsEngine.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import base64
-import io
 import os
-import time
 from typing import Literal, TypedDict
 
 import gradio as gr
@@ -41,7 +38,7 @@ class DallEAssetsEngine(BaseAssetsEngine):
 
         super().__init__()
 
-    def get_assets(self, options: list[Spec]) -> list[mp.ImageClip]:
+    def generate(self, options: list[Spec]) -> list[mp.ImageClip]:
         max_width = self.ctx.width / 3 * 2
         clips = []
         for option in options:
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ class DallEAssetsEngine(BaseAssetsEngine):
             start = option["start"]
             end = option["end"]
             style = option["style"]
-            size = (
+            size: Literal["1024x1024", "1024x1792", "1792x1024"] = (
                 "1024x1024"
                 if self.aspect_ratio == "square"
                 else "1024x1792"
@@ -71,9 +68,9 @@ class DallEAssetsEngine(BaseAssetsEngine):
                     continue
                 else:
                     raise
-            img = requests.get(response.data[0].url)
+            img_bytes = requests.get(response.data[0].url)
             with open("temp.png", "wb") as f:
-                f.write(img.content)
+                f.write(img_bytes.content)
             img = mp.ImageClip("temp.png")
             os.remove("temp.png")
 
diff --git a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/GoogleAssetsEngine.py b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/GoogleAssetsEngine.py
index 281b9a4..41b55f5 100644
--- a/src/engines/AssetsEngine/GoogleAssetsEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/AssetsEngine/GoogleAssetsEngine.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-import base64
-import io
 import os
 import shutil
-import time
-from typing import Literal, TypedDict
+from typing import TypedDict
 
 import gradio as gr
 import moviepy.editor as mp
-import requests
 from google_images_search import GoogleImagesSearch
 from moviepy.video.fx.resize import resize
 
@@ -41,7 +37,7 @@ class GoogleAssetsEngine(BaseAssetsEngine):
         self.google = GoogleImagesSearch(api_key, project_cx)
         super().__init__()
 
-    def get_assets(self, options: list[Spec]) -> list[mp.ImageClip]:
+    def generate(self, options: list[Spec]) -> list[mp.ImageClip]:
         max_width = self.ctx.width / 3 * 2
         clips = []
         for option in options:
diff --git a/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/BaseBackgroundEngine.py b/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/BaseBackgroundEngine.py
index 1639c73..6ef6a74 100644
--- a/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/BaseBackgroundEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/BaseBackgroundEngine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
-from moviepy.editor import VideoClip
+from abc import abstractmethod
 
 from ..BaseEngine import BaseEngine
 
diff --git a/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/VideoBackgroundEngine.py b/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/VideoBackgroundEngine.py
index 551ee00..8c945ce 100644
--- a/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/VideoBackgroundEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/BackgroundEngine/VideoBackgroundEngine.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import time
 import gradio as gr
 import moviepy.editor as mp
 from moviepy.video.fx.crop import crop
-from moviepy.video.fx.resize import resize
 
 from . import BaseBackgroundEngine
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ class VideoBackgroundEngine(BaseBackgroundEngine):
         )
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_settings(cls) -> list:
+    def get_settings(cls):
         def add_file(fp: str, name: str, credits: str):
             if name == "":
                 raise ValueError("Name cannot be empty.")
diff --git a/src/engines/BaseEngine.py b/src/engines/BaseEngine.py
index 58980ab..7275312 100644
--- a/src/engines/BaseEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/BaseEngine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-import gradio as gr
 import moviepy.editor as mp
 from sqlalchemy.future import select
 
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ from ..chore import GenerationContext
 from ..models import SessionLocal, File, Setting
 
 
+# noinspection PyTypeChecker
 class BaseEngine(ABC):
     num_options: int
     name: str
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
     def get_assets(cls, *, type: str = None, by_id: int = None) -> list[File] | File | None:
         with SessionLocal() as db:
             if type:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 return (
                     db.execute(
                         select(File).filter(
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
                     .all()
                 )
             elif by_id:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 return (
                     db.execute(
                         select(File).filter(
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
                     .first()
                 )
             else:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 return (
                     db.execute(select(File).filter(File.provider == cls.name))
                     .scalars()
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
     @classmethod
     def remove_asset(cls, *, path: str):
         with SessionLocal() as db:
+            # noinspection PyTypeChecker
             db.execute(select(File).filter(File.path == path)).delete()
             db.commit()
 
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
     def store_setting(cls, *, type: str = None, data: dict):
         with SessionLocal() as db:
             # check if setting exists
+            # noinspection PyTypeChecker
             setting = db.execute(
                 select(Setting).filter(
                     Setting.provider == cls.name, Setting.type == type
@@ -112,6 +117,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
             if not identifier and type:
                 identifier = type
             if identifier:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 result = db.execute(
                     select(Setting).filter(
                         Setting.provider == cls.name, Setting.type == identifier
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
                     return result.data
                 return None
             else:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 return [
                     s.data
                     for s in db.execute(
@@ -145,12 +152,14 @@ class BaseEngine(ABC):
             if not identifier and type:
                 identifier = type
             if identifier:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 db.execute(
                     select(Setting).filter(
                         Setting.provider == cls.name, Setting.type == identifier
                     )
                 ).delete()
             else:
+                # noinspection PyTypeChecker
                 db.execute(
                     select(Setting).filter(Setting.provider == cls.name)
                 ).delete()
diff --git a/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/BaseCaptioningEngine.py b/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/BaseCaptioningEngine.py
index 7887628..be80b92 100644
--- a/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/BaseCaptioningEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/BaseCaptioningEngine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
-from moviepy.editor import TextClip
+from abc import abstractmethod
 
 from ..BaseEngine import BaseEngine
 
diff --git a/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/SimpleCaptioningEngine.py b/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/SimpleCaptioningEngine.py
index 3340eb7..2d0cf65 100644
--- a/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/SimpleCaptioningEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/CaptioningEngine/SimpleCaptioningEngine.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import gradio as gr
-from PIL import ImageFont
 from moviepy.editor import TextClip
 
 from . import BaseCaptioningEngine
diff --git a/src/engines/LLMEngine/AnthropicLLMEngine.py b/src/engines/LLMEngine/AnthropicLLMEngine.py
index 7c888bd..5472c1e 100644
--- a/src/engines/LLMEngine/AnthropicLLMEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/LLMEngine/AnthropicLLMEngine.py
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ class AnthropicLLMEngine(BaseLLMEngine):
     ) -> str | dict:
         prompt = f"""{anthropic.HUMAN_PROMPT} {system_prompt} {anthropic.HUMAN_PROMPT} {chat_prompt} {anthropic.AI_PROMPT}"""
         if json_mode:
-            # anthopic does not officially support JSON mode, but we can bias the output towards a JSON-like format
+            # anthropic does not officially support JSON mode, but we can bias the output towards a JSON-like format
             prompt += " {"
+        # noinspection PyArgumentList
         response: anthropic.types.Completion = self.client.completions.create(
             max_tokens_to_sample=max_tokens,
             prompt=prompt,
diff --git a/src/engines/LLMEngine/BaseLLMEngine.py b/src/engines/LLMEngine/BaseLLMEngine.py
index 8e6175e..685f723 100644
--- a/src/engines/LLMEngine/BaseLLMEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/LLMEngine/BaseLLMEngine.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
-import openai
+from abc import abstractmethod
 
 from ..BaseEngine import BaseEngine
 
@@ -11,11 +9,11 @@ class BaseLLMEngine(BaseEngine):
             self,
             system_prompt: str,
             chat_prompt: str,
-            max_tokens: int,
-            temperature: float,
-            json_mode: bool,
-            top_p: float,
-            frequency_penalty: float,
-            presence_penalty: float,
+            max_tokens: int = 512,
+            temperature: float = 1.0,
+            json_mode: bool = False,
+            top_p: float = 1,
+            frequency_penalty: float = 0,
+            presence_penalty: float = 0,
     ) -> str | dict:
         pass
diff --git a/src/engines/LLMEngine/OpenaiLLMEngine.py b/src/engines/LLMEngine/OpenaiLLMEngine.py
index 31bfd4f..8751f9a 100644
--- a/src/engines/LLMEngine/OpenaiLLMEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/LLMEngine/OpenaiLLMEngine.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
 import gradio as gr
 import openai
 import orjson
diff --git a/src/engines/ScriptEngine/BaseScriptEngine.py b/src/engines/ScriptEngine/BaseScriptEngine.py
index cc44f47..2309156 100644
--- a/src/engines/ScriptEngine/BaseScriptEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/ScriptEngine/BaseScriptEngine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from abc import abstractmethod
 
 from ..BaseEngine import BaseEngine
 
diff --git a/src/engines/ScriptEngine/CustomScriptEngine.py b/src/engines/ScriptEngine/CustomScriptEngine.py
index 67ce0b0..a485f8b 100644
--- a/src/engines/ScriptEngine/CustomScriptEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/ScriptEngine/CustomScriptEngine.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class CustomScriptEngine(BaseScriptEngine):
         self.script = options[0]
         super().__init__()
 
-    def generate(self, *args, **kwargs) -> str:
-        self.ctx.script = self.script.strip().copy()
+    def generate(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.ctx.script = self.script.strip()
 
     @classmethod
     def get_options(cls) -> list:
diff --git a/src/engines/SettingsEngine/SettingsEngine.py b/src/engines/SettingsEngine/SettingsEngine.py
index 2dcc771..9346209 100644
--- a/src/engines/SettingsEngine/SettingsEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/SettingsEngine/SettingsEngine.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
 import gradio as gr
 
 from ..BaseEngine import BaseEngine
diff --git a/src/engines/TTSEngine/BaseTTSEngine.py b/src/engines/TTSEngine/BaseTTSEngine.py
index 9389c33..f4cff54 100644
--- a/src/engines/TTSEngine/BaseTTSEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/TTSEngine/BaseTTSEngine.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import TypedDict
 
 import moviepy.editor as mp
diff --git a/src/engines/TTSEngine/CoquiTTSEngine.py b/src/engines/TTSEngine/CoquiTTSEngine.py
index ca10dea..2914ddb 100644
--- a/src/engines/TTSEngine/CoquiTTSEngine.py
+++ b/src/engines/TTSEngine/CoquiTTSEngine.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import gradio as gr
 import torch
 from TTS.api import TTS
 
-from .BaseTTSEngine import BaseTTSEngine, Word
-from ...utils.prompting import get_prompt
+from .BaseTTSEngine import BaseTTSEngine
 
 
 class CoquiTTSEngine(BaseTTSEngine):
diff --git a/src/engines/__init__.py b/src/engines/__init__.py
index ad3a5c5..ebddf53 100644
--- a/src/engines/__init__.py
+++ b/src/engines/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from typing import TypedDict
-
 from . import AssetsEngine
 from . import BackgroundEngine
 from . import CaptioningEngine
diff --git a/src/models/DatabaseManager.py b/src/models/DatabaseManager.py
index f02b099..85d205d 100644
--- a/src/models/DatabaseManager.py
+++ b/src/models/DatabaseManager.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import os
-
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, sessionmaker
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
 from . import Base
 
diff --git a/src/models/File.py b/src/models/File.py
index 50ff1e6..de8b884 100644
--- a/src/models/File.py
+++ b/src/models/File.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from typing import Optional
-
 from sqlalchemy import String, Column, JSON, Integer
 from sqlalchemy.ext.mutable import MutableDict
 
@@ -13,4 +11,4 @@ class File(Base):
     provider: str = Column(String, nullable=False)
     type: str = Column(String, nullable=True)
     path: str = Column(String, nullable=False)
-    data: dict = Column(MutableDict.as_mutable(JSON), nullable=False, default={})
+    data: dict = Column(MutableDict.as_mutable(JSON), nullable=False, default={}) # type: ignore
diff --git a/src/models/Setting.py b/src/models/Setting.py
index 5929f19..6c7b7b2 100644
--- a/src/models/Setting.py
+++ b/src/models/Setting.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from typing import Optional
-
 from sqlalchemy import String, Column, JSON, Integer
 from sqlalchemy.ext.mutable import MutableDict
 
@@ -12,4 +10,4 @@ class Setting(Base):
     id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True)
     provider: str = Column(String, nullable=False)
     type: str = Column(String, nullable=True)
-    data: dict = Column(MutableDict.as_mutable(JSON), nullable=False, default={})
+    data: dict = Column(MutableDict.as_mutable(JSON), nullable=False, default={}) # type: ignore
diff --git a/src/models/Video.py b/src/models/Video.py
index 771dc15..f4eedd1 100644
--- a/src/models/Video.py
+++ b/src/models/Video.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Optional
 
 from sqlalchemy import String, Column, JSON, Integer, DateTime
 from sqlalchemy.ext.mutable import MutableList