diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index ed752d6..805da9d 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 extension-pkg-whitelist=math
 
+[BASIC]
+
+no-docstring-rgx=^test_
+
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 
 [TYPECHECK]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae16274..651cdcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tables are separate from OpenStreetMap tables and get queried at search time sep
 The dataset gets updated once per year. Downloading is prone to be slow (can take a full day) and converting
 them can take hours as well. There's a mirror on https://downloads.opencagedata.com/public/
 
-Replace '2020' with the current year throughout.
+Replace '2021' with the current year throughout.
 
   1. Install the GDAL library and python bindings and the unzip tool
 
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 956ba6f..7bc95fc 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 import sys
+import pytest
 sys.path.insert(0,'.')
diff --git a/tests/test_convert.py b/tests/test_convert.py
index c275027..51e63b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_convert.py
+++ b/tests/test_convert.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
-
 from lib.convert import compile_nodelist, compile_waylist, addressways
 
 parsed_gisdata = [
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ def test_compile_waylist():
     }
 
 def test_addressways():
-    for geom, tags in parsed_gisdata:
+    for _geom, tags in parsed_gisdata:
         tags["tiger:lfromadd"] = 100
         tags["tiger:ltoadd"] = 200
         tags["tiger:rfromadd"] = 101
diff --git a/tests/test_csv2sql.py b/tests/test_csv2sql.py
index 355122a..f528f7f 100644
--- a/tests/test_csv2sql.py
+++ b/tests/test_csv2sql.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
-
 from csv import DictReader
 from lib.csv2sql import csv_row_to_sql
 
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_helpers.py
index 6a46f65..7ab2688 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import pytest
-
-from lib.helpers import round_point, adjacent, glom, check_if_integers, interpolation_type, create_wkt_linestring
+from lib.helpers import round_point, adjacent, glom, check_if_integers, \
+                        interpolation_type, create_wkt_linestring
 
 def test_round_point():
     assert round_point([1.0, 1.0]) == (1.0, 1.0)
@@ -41,4 +40,5 @@ def test_create_wkt_linestring():
         (1, (100, 200)),
         (2, (101, 201))
     ]
-    assert(create_wkt_linestring(segment)) == 'LINESTRING(200.000000 100.000000,201.000000 101.000000)'
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert(create_wkt_linestring(segment)) == \
+        'LINESTRING(200.000000 100.000000,201.000000 101.000000)'
diff --git a/tests/test_parse.py b/tests/test_parse.py
index 313b6ef..4b558a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_parse.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
-
 from lib.parse import parse_shp_for_geom_and_tags
 
 def test_parse_shp_for_geom_and_tags():
@@ -47,4 +45,4 @@ def test_parse_shp_for_geom_and_tags():
             'tiger:zip_left': '27919',
             'tiger:zip_right': '27919'
         }
-    )
\ No newline at end of file
+    )
diff --git a/tests/test_project.py b/tests/test_project.py
index 1b00c57..ef5ccff 100644
--- a/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_project.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import pytest
-
 from lib.project import unproject
 
 def test_unproject():