diff --git a/src/equilibrium/core.clj b/src/equilibrium/core.clj
index d6fff8e..6c0c99d 100644
--- a/src/equilibrium/core.clj
+++ b/src/equilibrium/core.clj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 (defn env-val [env-name]
   (let [env-val (System/getenv env-name)]
-    (when (= nil env-val)
+    (when (nil? env-val)
       (throw (ex-info (str "env var not found " env-name)
                       {:env-var env-name})))
     env-val))
diff --git a/src/equilibrium/render.clj b/src/equilibrium/render.clj
index 8ca2ab1..0f4266a 100644
--- a/src/equilibrium/render.clj
+++ b/src/equilibrium/render.clj
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   (page-content "aiaiaiai"))
 
 (defn now-str []
-  (.toString (LocalDateTime/now)))
+  (str (LocalDateTime/now)))
 
 (defn file->relpath [file]
   (let [fullpath (-> file .toPath .toString)
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
         content (string/replace content #"<p><blink></p>" "")
         simple (-> html
                    (string/replace #"&:content" content)
-                   (string/replace #"&:title" (get-in page [:metadata :title] ""))
+                   (string/replace #"&:title"
+                                   (get-in page [:metadata :title] ""))
                    (string/replace #"&:generated-at" (now-str)))
         particles (particles-in-content simple)
         last-blog-sites (last-blog-sites-in-content simple)
diff --git a/src/leiningen/equilibrium.clj b/src/leiningen/equilibrium.clj
index a50b9ee..d222f05 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/equilibrium.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/equilibrium.clj
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
                  :ftp-user (System/getenv "EQUILIBRIUM_USER")
                  :ftp-pass (System/getenv "EQUILIBRIUM_PASS")]
     (doseq [file (file-seq (io/file "target/page"))
-            :let [fname (.toString file)
+            :let [fname (str file)
                   relpath (subs fname (count "target/page"))
                   dir? (.isDirectory file)]
-            :when (> (count relpath) 0)]
+            :when (pos? (count relpath))]
       (let [dest (subs relpath 1)]
         (if dir?
           (do