diff --git a/scripts/stress_test.py b/scripts/stress_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6022396..0000000
--- a/scripts/stress_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import sqlite3
-import time
-
-import faker
-from faker.providers import misc
-
-fake = faker.Faker()
-fake.add_provider(misc)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    song_time = """One, two, three!
-My baby don't mess around
-'Cause she loves me so
-This I know fo sho!
-But does she really wanna
-But can't stand to see me walk out tha door
-Don't try to fight the feeling
-Because the thought alone is killin' me right now
-Thank God for Mom and Dad
-For sticking to together
-Like we don't know how
-Hey ya! Hey ya!
-Hey ya! Hey ya!
-Hey ya! Hey ya!
-Hey ya! Hey ya!
-You think you've got it
-Oh, you think you've got it
-But got it just don't get it when there's nothin' at all
-We get together
-Oh, we get together
-But separate's always better when there's feelings involved
-Know what they say -its
-Nothing lasts forever!
-Then what makes it, then what makes it
-Then what makes it, then what makes it
-Then what makes love the exception?
-So why, oh, why, oh
-Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh
-Are we still in denial when we know we're not happy here
-Hey ya! (y'all don't want to here me, ya just want to dance) Hey ya!
-Don't want to meet your daddy (oh ohh), just want you in my caddy (oh ohh)
-Hey ya! (oh, oh!) Hey ya! (oh, oh!)
-Don't want to meet your momma, just want to make you cum-a (oh, oh!)
-I'm (oh, oh) I'm (oh, oh) I'm just being honest! (oh, oh)
-I'm just being honest!
-Hey! alright now! alright now, fellas!
-Yea?
-Now, what cooler than being cool?
-Ice cold!
-I can't hear ya! I say what's, what's cooler than being cool?
-Ice cold!
-Alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright alright!
-Okay, now ladies!
-Yea?
-Now we gonna break this thang down for just a few seconds
-Now don't have me break this thang down for nothin'
-I want to see you on your badest behavior!
-Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!
-Ah! Here we go now,
-Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
-Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
-Shake it like a Polaroid picture! Hey ya!
-Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it
-Shake it, shake it, shake it, suga!
-Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
-Now all the Beyonce's, and Lucy Lu's, and baby dolls
-Get on tha floor get on tha floor!
-Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
-Oh, you! oh, you!
-Hey ya!(oh, oh) Hey ya!(oh, oh)
-Hey ya!(oh, oh) Hey ya!(oh, oh)
-Hey ya!(oh, oh) Hey ya!(oh, oh)"""
-
-    song = song_time.split('\n')
-    claim_id = '2aa106927b733e2602ffb565efaccc78c2ed89df'
-    run_len = [(fake.sha256(), song_time, claim_id, str(int(time.time()))) for k in range(5000)]
-
-    conn = sqlite3.connect('database/default_test.db')
-    with conn:
-        curs = conn.executemany("""
-        INSERT INTO COMMENT(CommentId, Body, LbryClaimId, Timestamp) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
-        """, run_len)
-        print(f'rows changed: {curs.rowcount}')
diff --git a/scripts/valid_signatures.py b/scripts/valid_signatures.py
index 19fc878..4b7c641 100644
--- a/scripts/valid_signatures.py
+++ b/scripts/valid_signatures.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ import binascii
 import logging
 import hashlib
 import json
+# todo: remove sqlite3 as a dependency
 import sqlite3
 import asyncio
 import aiohttp
 
-from server.validation import is_signature_valid, get_encoded_signature
+from src.server.validation import is_signature_valid, get_encoded_signature
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/database/writes.py b/src/database/writes.py
index 61caa78..b86e31b 100644
--- a/src/database/writes.py
+++ b/src/database/writes.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# TODO: scrap notification routines from these files & supply them in handles
 import logging
 import sqlite3
 from asyncio import coroutine
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 817dac4..d4b5a53 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import argparse
-import json
 import yaml
 import logging
 import logging.config