diff --git a/howdy/src/cli/add.py b/howdy/src/cli/add.py
index 1cab2e9..8e117f4 100644
--- a/howdy/src/cli/add.py
+++ b/howdy/src/cli/add.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ while frames < 60:
 video_capture.release()
 
 # If we've found no faces, try to determine why
-if face_locations is None or not face_locations:
+if not face_locations:
 	if valid_frames == 0:
 		print(_("Camera saw only black frames - is IR emitter working?"))
 	elif valid_frames == dark_tries:
diff --git a/howdy/src/pam.py b/howdy/src/pam.py
index 5e72f76..262b24c 100644
--- a/howdy/src/pam.py
+++ b/howdy/src/pam.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config.read(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + "/config.ini")
 
 
 def doAuth(pamh):
-	"""Starts authentication in a seperate process"""
+	"""Starts authentication in a separate process"""
 
 	# Abort if Howdy is disabled
 	if config.getboolean("core", "disabled"):
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def doAuth(pamh):
 		syslog.closelog()
 		return pamh.PAM_SUCCESS
 
-	# Otherwise, we can't discribe what happend but it wasn't successful
+	# Otherwise, we can't describe what happened but it wasn't successful
 	pamh.conversation(pamh.Message(pamh.PAM_ERROR_MSG, "Unknown error: " + str(status)))
 	syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "Failure, unknown error" + str(status))
 	syslog.closelog()