diff --git a/mealie/routes/deps.py b/mealie/routes/deps.py
index 1e9d9f07b065..df5d223ba3e2 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/deps.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/deps.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def validate_file_token(token: Optional[str] = None) -> Path:
 
 
 async def temporary_zip_path() -> Path:
-    temp_path = app_dirs.TEMP_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+    app_dirs.TEMP_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
     temp_path = app_dirs.TEMP_DIR.joinpath("my_zip_archive.zip")
 
     try:
diff --git a/mealie/routes/users/crud.py b/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
index c7447003c022..55b4c4632e6a 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/users/crud.py
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ async def get_user_image(id: str):
     user_dir = app_dirs.USER_DIR.joinpath(id)
     for recipe_image in user_dir.glob("profile_image.*"):
         return FileResponse(recipe_image)
-    else:
-        raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+
+    raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
 
 
 @user_router.post("/{id}/image")
diff --git a/mealie/services/image/image.py b/mealie/services/image/image.py
index 5f0c4c294ffe..7cc35b771062 100644
--- a/mealie/services/image/image.py
+++ b/mealie/services/image/image.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def write_image(recipe_slug: str, file_data: bytes, extension: str) -> Path:
 def scrape_image(image_url: str, slug: str) -> Path:
     logger.info(f"Image URL: {image_url}")
     if isinstance(image_url, str):  # Handles String Types
-        image_url = image_url
+        pass
 
     if isinstance(image_url, list):  # Handles List Types
         image_url = image_url[0]