diff --git a/plugins/ping.py b/plugins/ping.py
index e2f6fe2..c9424da 100755
--- a/plugins/ping.py
+++ b/plugins/ping.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from util import hook
 import subprocess
 import re
 
-PING_REGEX = "rtt min/avg/max/mdev = (\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)"
+ping_regex = re.compile(r"(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)/(\d+.\d+)")
 
 
 @hook.command
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ def ping(inp, reply=None):
     reply("Attempting to ping %s %s times..." % (host, count))
 
     pingcmd = subprocess.check_output(["ping", "-c", count, host])
-    if 'request timed out' in pingcmd or 'unknown host' in pingcmd:
+    if "request timed out" in pingcmd or "unknown host" in pingcmd:
         return "error: could not ping host"
     else:
-        m = re.search(PING_REGEX, pingcmd)
+        m = re.search(ping_regex, pingcmd)
         return "min: %sms, max: %sms, average: %sms, range: %sms, count: %s" \
         % (m.group(1), m.group(3), m.group(2), m.group(4), count)
diff --git a/plugins/urlparse.py b/plugins/urlparse.py
index 088bc85..d8a9b62 100755
--- a/plugins/urlparse.py
+++ b/plugins/urlparse.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from util import hook, http, urlnorm
 import re
 
-titler = re.compile(r'(?si)<title>(.+?)</title>');
+titler = re.compile(r'(?si)<title>(.+?)</title>')
+
 
 def parse(url):
     """ an improved version of our parsing code - now regex powered """
@@ -20,17 +21,17 @@ def parse(url):
         title = match.group(1)
     except:
         return "Could not parse URL! Are you sure its valid?"
-        
+
     title = http.unescape(title)
-    
+
     # if the url has been redirected, show us
     if real_url == url:
         return title
     else:
         return u"%s [%s]" % (title, real_url)
 
+
 @hook.command
 def title(inp):
     ".title <url> -- gets the title of a web page"
     return parse(inp)
-