diff --git a/client/src/components/ChannelInfoDisplay/index.jsx b/client/src/components/ChannelInfoDisplay/index.jsx
index 051ad1c4..033f96c3 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ChannelInfoDisplay/index.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ChannelInfoDisplay/index.jsx
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 const ChannelInfoDisplay = ({name, longId, shortId}) => {
   return (
     <div>
-      <h2>channel name: {name}</h2>
-      <p className={'text--secondary'}>full channel id: {longId}</p>
-      <p className={'text--secondary'}>short channel id: {shortId}</p>
+      <h2>{name}:{shortId}</h2>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/client/src/containers/AssetBlocked/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/AssetBlocked/view.jsx
index de79a14a..aa69d5d3 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/AssetBlocked/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/AssetBlocked/view.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 import HorizontalSplit from '@components/HorizontalSplit';
-/*
-This component shouldn't be necessary after pagination is reworked,
-though it might be useful for channel_mine situations.
-*/
+
 class BlockedLeft extends React.PureComponent {
   render () {
     return (
@@ -19,7 +16,7 @@ class BlockedRight extends React.PureComponent {
   render () {
     return (
       <React.Fragment>
-        <p>In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have blocked access to this content from our applications.</p>
+        <p>In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have blocked access to this content.</p>
         <p><a href={'https://lbry.io/faq/dmca'} >Click here</a> for more information.</p>
       </React.Fragment>
     );
@@ -53,6 +50,6 @@ class AssetBlocked extends React.Component {
       </div>
     );
   }
-};
+}
 
 export default AssetBlocked;
diff --git a/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx
index 2102f12b..19309351 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/AssetDisplay/view.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import Row from '@components/Row';
 import ProgressBar from '@components/ProgressBar';
 import { LOCAL_CHECK, UNAVAILABLE, ERROR, AVAILABLE } from '../../constants/asset_display_states';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 
 class AvailableContent extends React.Component {
   render () {
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ class AssetDisplay extends React.Component {
       </div>
     );
   }
-};
+}
 
 export default AssetDisplay;
diff --git a/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx
index b11e8da9..7adaf446 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import AssetShareButtons from '@components/AssetShareButtons';
 import ClickToCopy from '@components/ClickToCopy';
 import HorizontalSplit from '@components/HorizontalSplit';
 import siteConfig from '@config/siteConfig.json';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 import AssetInfoFooter from '../../components/AssetInfoFooter/index';
 import { createPermanentURI } from '@clientutils/createPermanentURI';
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class AssetInfo extends React.Component {
                     ) : (
                       <ClickToCopy
                         id={'embed-text-image'}
-                        value={`<img src="${assetCanonicalUrl}.${fileExt}"/>`}
+                        value={`<img alt="${name}" src="${assetCanonicalUrl}.${fileExt}" />`}
                       />
                     )}
                   </div>
diff --git a/client/src/containers/Dropzone/index.js b/client/src/containers/Dropzone/index.js
index dfd0f8cd..6bb2a66b 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/Dropzone/index.js
+++ b/client/src/containers/Dropzone/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { selectFile, updateError, clearFile } from '../../actions/publish';
 import { selectAsset } from '../../selectors/show';
 import View from './view';
 import siteConfig from '@config/siteConfig.json';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 
 const { assetDefaults: { thumbnail: defaultThumbnail } } = siteConfig;
 
diff --git a/client/src/containers/NavigationLinks/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/NavigationLinks/view.jsx
index f6e4e087..7a9268d5 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/NavigationLinks/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/NavigationLinks/view.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { NavLink, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown from '@components/NavBarChannelOptionsDropdown';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 
 const VIEW = 'VIEW';
 const LOGOUT = 'LOGOUT';
diff --git a/client/src/containers/SEO/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/SEO/view.jsx
index bc6ab3dc..e8ecdefb 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/SEO/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/SEO/view.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import createPageTitle from '../../utils/createPageTitle';
 import createMetaTags from '../../utils/createMetaTags';
 import oEmbed from '../../utils/oEmbed.js';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 
 import siteConfig from '@config/siteConfig.json';
 const { details: { host } } = siteConfig;
diff --git a/client/src/utils/createAssetMetaTags.js b/client/src/utils/createAssetMetaTags.js
index 980a0df4..6b03f353 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/createAssetMetaTags.js
+++ b/client/src/utils/createAssetMetaTags.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import siteConfig from '@config/siteConfig.json';
 import determineContentTypeFromExtension from './determineContentTypeFromExtension';
 import createMetaTagsArray from './createMetaTagsArray';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 
 const {
   details: {
diff --git a/client/src/utils/createChannelMetaTags.js b/client/src/utils/createChannelMetaTags.js
index b5f530d6..7f259d88 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/createChannelMetaTags.js
+++ b/client/src/utils/createChannelMetaTags.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import siteConfig from '@config/siteConfig.json';
 import determineContentTypeFromExtension from './determineContentTypeFromExtension';
 import createMetaTagsArray from './createMetaTagsArray';
-import createCanonicalLink from '../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
+import createCanonicalLink from '@globalutils/createCanonicalLink';
 
 const {
   details: {
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/index.js
index 71418afa..b795bde0 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/publish/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const logger = require('winston');
 const { details: { host }, publishing: { disabled, disabledMessage } } = require('@config/siteConfig');
 
 const { sendGATimingEvent } = require('../../../../utils/googleAnalytics.js');
-const isApprovedChannel = require('../../../../../utils/isApprovedChannel');
+const isApprovedChannel = require('@globalutils/isApprovedChannel');
 const { publishing: { publishOnlyApproved, approvedChannels } } = require('@config/siteConfig');
 
 const { handleErrorResponse } = require('../../../utils/errorHandlers.js');
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const parsePublishApiRequestFiles = require('./parsePublishApiRequestFiles.js');
 const authenticateUser = require('./authentication.js');
 
 const chainquery = require('chainquery').default;
-const createCanonicalLink = require('../../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink');
+const createCanonicalLink = require('@globalutils/createCanonicalLink');
 
 const CLAIM_TAKEN = 'CLAIM_TAKEN';
 const UNAPPROVED_CHANNEL = 'UNAPPROVED_CHANNEL';
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const claimPublish = ({ body, files, headers, ip, originalUrl, user, tor }, res)
       if (channelName) {
         return chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(claimData.certificateId, channelName);
       } else {
-        return chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(claimId, name, claimData).catch(error => {
+        return chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(claimId, name, claimData).catch(() => {
           return claimId.slice(0, 1);
         });
       }
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/claim/update/index.js b/server/controllers/api/claim/update/index.js
index 17f998b4..4a2524c5 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/claim/update/index.js
+++ b/server/controllers/api/claim/update/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const parsePublishApiRequestFiles = require('../publish/parsePublishApiRequestFi
 const authenticateUser = require('../publish/authentication.js');
 const createThumbnailPublishParams = require('../publish/createThumbnailPublishParams.js');
 const chainquery = require('chainquery').default;
-const createCanonicalLink = require('../../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink');
+const createCanonicalLink = require('@globalutils/createCanonicalLink');
 
 /*
   route to update a claim through the daemon
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ const claimUpdate = ({ body, files, headers, ip, originalUrl, user, tor }, res)
       if (channelName) {
         return chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(result.certificateId, channelName);
       } else {
-        return chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(result.claimId, name, result).catch(error => {
+        return chainquery.claim.queries.getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId(result.claimId, name, result).catch(() => {
           return result.claimId.slice(0, 1);
         });
       }
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 0ec835cf..be209d33 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const {
 const { sessionKey } = require('@private/authConfig.json');
 
 // configure.js doesn't handle new keys in config.json files yet. Make sure it doens't break.
-let bLE;
+let finalBlockListEndpoint;
 
 function Server () {
   this.initialize = () => {
@@ -176,30 +176,29 @@ function Server () {
       return;
     }
     if (blockListEndpoint) {
-      bLE = blockListEndpoint;
+      finalBlockListEndpoint = blockListEndpoint;
     } else if (!blockListEndpoint) {
       if (typeof (blockListEndpoint) !== 'string') {
         logger.warn('blockListEndpoint is null due to outdated siteConfig file. \n' +
           'Continuing with default LBRY blocklist api endpoint. \n ' +
-          '(Specify /"blockListEndpoint" : ""/ to disable.')
-        bLE = 'https://api.lbry.io/file/list_blocked';
+          '(Specify /"blockListEndpoint" : ""/ to disable.');
+        finalBlockListEndpoint = 'https://api.lbry.io/file/list_blocked';
       }
     }
     logger.info(`Peforming updates...`);
-    if (!bLE) {
-      logger.info('Configured for no Block List')
-      db.Tor.refreshTable().then( (updatedTorList) => {
+    if (!finalBlockListEndpoint) {
+      logger.info('Configured for no Block List');
+      db.Tor.refreshTable().then((updatedTorList) => {
         logger.info('Tor list updated, length:', updatedTorList.length);
       });
     } else {
-
       return Promise.all([
-        db.Blocked.refreshTable(bLE),
+        db.Blocked.refreshTable(finalBlockListEndpoint),
         db.Tor.refreshTable()])
         .then(([updatedBlockedList, updatedTorList]) => {
           logger.info('Blocked list updated, length:', updatedBlockedList.length);
           logger.info('Tor list updated, length:', updatedTorList.length);
-        })
+        });
     }
   };
   this.start = () => {
diff --git a/server/render/handleShowRender.jsx b/server/render/handleShowRender.jsx
index ca0082f1..f304222f 100644
--- a/server/render/handleShowRender.jsx
+++ b/server/render/handleShowRender.jsx
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ import * as httpContext from 'express-http-context';
 import Reducers from '@reducers';
 import GAListener from '@components/GAListener';
 import App from '@app';
-import Sagas from '@sagas';
-import Actions from '@actions';
 
-const createCanonicalLink = require('../../utils/createCanonicalLink');
+const createCanonicalLink = require('@globalutils/createCanonicalLink');
 
 const getCanonicalUrlFromShow = show => {
   const requestId = show.requestList[show.request.id];
@@ -49,19 +47,18 @@ export default (req, res) => {
     action = false,
     saga = false,
   } = httpContext.get('routeData');
-  
+
   if (action === 'fallback') {
     res.status(404);
   }
 
   const runSaga = (action !== false && saga !== false);
   const renderPage = (store) => {
-
     // Workaround, remove when a solution for async httpContext exists
     const showState = store.getState().show;
     const assetKeys = Object.keys(showState.assetList);
 
-    if(assetKeys.length !== 0) {
+    if (assetKeys.length !== 0) {
       res.claimId = showState.assetList[assetKeys[0]].claimId;
     } else {
       const channelKeys = Object.keys(showState.channelList);
@@ -118,17 +115,17 @@ export default (req, res) => {
       .then(() => {
         // redirect if request does not use canonical url
         const canonicalUrl = getCanonicalUrlFromShow(store.getState().show);
-      
+
         if (!canonicalUrl) {
           res.status(404);
         }
-      
+
         if (canonicalUrl && canonicalUrl !== req.originalUrl) {
           console.log(`redirecting ${req.originalUrl} to ${canonicalUrl}`);
           res.redirect(canonicalUrl);
         }
-      
-        return renderPage(store)
+
+        return renderPage(store);
       });
   } else {
     const store = createStore(Reducers);
diff --git a/server/utils/getMediaDimensions.js b/server/utils/getMediaDimensions.js
index fc5e79a1..d130fd40 100644
--- a/server/utils/getMediaDimensions.js
+++ b/server/utils/getMediaDimensions.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async function getMediaDimensions (fileType, filePath) {
       [ height, width ] = await getVideoHeightAndWidth(filePath);
       break;
     default:
-      logger.error('unable to create File data for unspported file type:', fileType);
+      logger.error('unable to create File dimension data for unspported file type:', fileType);
       break;
   }
   return {