diff --git a/procyon_ai/ulprocai.py b/procyon_ai/ulprocai.py
index c58fee3..3525f98 100644
--- a/procyon_ai/ulprocai.py
+++ b/procyon_ai/ulprocai.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ def get_arguments():
 
 def create_procyon_command(test_option, process_name, device_id):
     """create command string"""
+    command = str()
+
     if device_id == 'CPU':
         command = f'\"{ABS_EXECUTABLE_PATH}\" --definition={test_option} --export=\"{REPORT_PATH}\"'
     else:
@@ -152,7 +154,6 @@ def run_benchmark(process_name, command_to_run):
     """run the benchmark"""
     with subprocess.Popen(command_to_run, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True) as proc:
         logging.info("Procyon AI Computer Vision benchmark has started.")
-        start_time = time.time()
         while True:
             now = time.time()
             elapsed = now - start_time
@@ -168,15 +169,15 @@ def run_benchmark(process_name, command_to_run):
 
 try:
     setup_logging()
-    logging.info(f"Detected Windows ML Devices: {WINML_DEVICES}")
-    logging.info(f"Detected OpenVino Devices: {OPENVINO_DEVICES}")
-    logging.info(f"Detected CUDA Devices: {CUDA_DEVICES}")
+    logging.info("Detected Windows ML Devices: %s", str(WINML_DEVICES))
+    logging.info("Detected OpenVino Devices: %s", str(OPENVINO_DEVICES))
+    logging.info("Detected CUDA Devices: %s", (CUDA_DEVICES))
 
     args = get_arguments()
     option = BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["config"]
-    process_name = BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["process_name"]
-    device_id = BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["device_id"]
-    cmd = create_procyon_command(option, process_name, device_id)
+    proc_name = BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["process_name"]
+    dev_id = BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["device_id"]
+    cmd = create_procyon_command(option, proc_name, dev_id)
     logging.info('Starting benchmark!')
     logging.info(cmd)
     start_time = time.time()
diff --git a/procyon_ai_img_gen/ulprocai_img_gen.py b/procyon_ai_img_gen/ulprocai_img_gen.py
index 8a509bb..012718c 100644
--- a/procyon_ai_img_gen/ulprocai_img_gen.py
+++ b/procyon_ai_img_gen/ulprocai_img_gen.py
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ def run_benchmark(process_name, command_to_run):
     """run the benchmark"""
     with subprocess.Popen(command_to_run, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True) as proc:
         logging.info("Procyon AI Image Generation benchmark has started.")
-        start_time = time.time()
         while True:
             now = time.time()
             elapsed = now - start_time
@@ -192,9 +191,9 @@ def run_benchmark(process_name, command_to_run):
 
 try:
     setup_logging()
-    logging.info(f"Detected Windows ML Devices: {WINML_DEVICES}")
-    logging.info(f"Detected OpenVino Devices: {OPENVINO_DEVICES}")
-    logging.info(f"Detected CUDA Devices: {CUDA_DEVICES}")
+    logging.info("Detected Windows ML Devices: %s", str(WINML_DEVICES))
+    logging.info("Detected OpenVino Devices: %s", str(OPENVINO_DEVICES))
+    logging.info("Detected CUDA Devices: %s", (CUDA_DEVICES))
 
     args = get_arguments()
     option = BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["config"]
@@ -209,6 +208,7 @@ try:
         sys.exit(pr.returncode)
 
     score = find_score_in_xml()
+
     if score is None:
         logging.error("Could not find overall score!")
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/procyon_ai_img_gen/utils.py b/procyon_ai_img_gen/utils.py
index 642fd19..d94ac8d 100644
--- a/procyon_ai_img_gen/utils.py
+++ b/procyon_ai_img_gen/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """3dmark test utils"""
 from pathlib import Path
 import psutil
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 import winreg
 import re
 
diff --git a/procyon_ai_text_generation/ulprocai_text_gen.py b/procyon_ai_text_generation/ulprocai_text_gen.py
index afab7f5..cd575ba 100644
--- a/procyon_ai_text_generation/ulprocai_text_gen.py
+++ b/procyon_ai_text_generation/ulprocai_text_gen.py
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ def run_benchmark(process_name, command_to_run):
     """run the benchmark"""
     with subprocess.Popen(command_to_run, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, universal_newlines=True) as proc:
         logging.info("Procyon AI Text Generation benchmark has started.")
-        start_time = time.time()
         while True:
             now = time.time()
             elapsed = now - start_time
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ try:
 
     end_time = time.time()
     elapsed_test_time = round(end_time - start_time, 2)
-    
+
     if not args.engine == "All_Models_OPENVINO" and not args.engine == "All_Models_ONNX":
         report = {
             "test": BENCHMARK_CONFIG[args.engine]["test_name"],
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ try:
                 session_report.append(report)
 
         write_report_json(LOG_DIR, "report.json", session_report)
-        
+
 except Exception as e:
     logging.error("Something went wrong running the benchmark!")
     logging.exception(e)