diff --git a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/AcceptRejectHistoricalJob.py b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/AcceptRejectHistoricalJob.py
index 89c682f..93985c3 100755
--- a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/AcceptRejectHistoricalJob.py	
+++ b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/AcceptRejectHistoricalJob.py	
@@ -1,33 +1,34 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+# !/usr/bin/env python
 
 import urllib2
 import base64
 import json
-import sys
+
 
 def post():
 
-	url = 'ENTER_HISTORICAL_JOB_URL'
-	UN = 'ENTER_USERNAME'
-	PWD = 'ENTER_PASSWORD'
+    url = 'ENTER_HISTORICAL_JOB_URL'
+    username = 'ENTER_USERNAME'
+    password = 'ENTER_PASSWORD'
 
-	choice = 'accept' # Switch to 'reject' to reject the job.
+    # Switch to 'reject' to reject the job.
+    choice = 'accept'
 
-	payload = '{"status":"' + choice + '"}'
+    payload = {
+        "status": choice
+        }
 
+    base64string = base64.encodestring("{0}:{1}".format(username, password))
+    req = urllib2.Request(url=url, data=json.dumps(payload))
+    req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
+    req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic {}".format(base64string.strip()))
+    req.get_method = lambda: 'PUT'
 
-	base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (UN, PWD)).replace('\n', '')
-	req = urllib2.Request(url=url, data=payload)
-	req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
-	req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
-	req.get_method = lambda: 'PUT'
-	
-	try:
-		response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
-	except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
-		print e.read()
-	the_page = response.read()
-	print the_page
+    try:
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+        print(response.read())
+    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+        print(e)
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
         post()
diff --git a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/CreateHistoricalJob2.0.py b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/CreateHistoricalJob2.0.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 34b9d52..84d1ab9
--- a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/CreateHistoricalJob2.0.py	
+++ b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/CreateHistoricalJob2.0.py	
@@ -1,40 +1,57 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-
 import urllib2
 import base64
 import json
-import sys
-
-def post():
-
-	UN = 'ENTER_USERNAME'
-	PWD = 'ENTER_PASSWORD'
-	account = 'ENTER_ACCOUNT_NAME'
-
-	url = 'https://gnip-api.gnip.com/historical/powertrack/accounts/' + account + '/publishers/twitter/jobs.json'
-	publisher = "Twitter"
-	streamType = "track_v2"
-	dataFormat = "activity-streams"
-	fromDate = "201301010000" # This time is inclusive -- meaning the minute specified will be included in the data returned
-	toDate = "201301010601" # This time is exclusive -- meaning the data returned will not contain the minute specified, but will contain the minute immediately preceding it
-	jobTitle = "test-job-python1"
-	rules = [{"value":"rule 1","tag":"ruleTag"},{"value":"rule 2","tag":"ruleTag"}]
-
-	job = {"publisher":publisher,"streamType":streamType,"dataFormat":dataFormat,"fromDate":fromDate,"toDate":toDate,"title":jobTitle,"rules":rules}
-	jobString = json.dumps(job)
-	print(jobString)
-
-	base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (UN, PWD)).replace('\n', '')
-	req = urllib2.Request(url=url, data=jobString)
-	req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
-	req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
-	
-	try:
-			response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
-			the_page = response.read()
-			print the_page
-	except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
-			print str(e)
+
+
+def create_job():
+
+    username = 'ENTER_USERNAME'
+    password = 'ENTER_PASSWORD'
+    account = 'ENTER_ACCOUNT_NAME'
+
+    url = 'https://gnip-api.gnip.com/historical/powertrack/accounts/{}/publishers/twitter/jobs.json'.format(account)
+    publisher = "Twitter"
+    stream_type = "track_v2"
+    data_format = "activity-streams"
+    job_title = "test-job-python1"
+
+    # This time is inclusive
+    # meaning the minute specified will be included in the data returned
+    from_date = "201301010000"
+
+    # This time is exclusive
+    # meaning the data returned will not contain the minute specified,
+    # but will contain the minute immediately preceding it
+    to_date = "201301010601"
+    rules = [
+        {"value": "rule 1",
+         "tag": "ruleTag "},
+        {"value": "rule 2",
+         "tag": "ruleTag"}
+        ]
+
+    job = {
+        "publisher": publisher,
+        "streamType": stream_type,
+        "dataFormat": data_format,
+        "fromDate": from_date,
+        "toDate": to_date,
+        "title": job_title,
+        "rules": rules
+        }
+
+    base64string = base64.encodestring("{0}:{1}".format(username, password))
+
+    req = urllib2.Request(url=url, data=json.dumps(job))
+    req.add_header("Content-type", "application/json")
+    req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic {}".format(base64string.strip()))
+
+    try:
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+        print(response.read())
+    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+        print(str(e))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-        post()
+        create_job()
diff --git a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/MonitorJobStatus.py b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/MonitorJobStatus.py
index e539a94..b5f4fe3 100755
--- a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/MonitorJobStatus.py	
+++ b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/MonitorJobStatus.py	
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-
 import urllib2
 import base64
-import json
-import sys
+
 
 class RequestWithMethod(urllib2.Request):
     def __init__(self, url, method, headers={}):
@@ -14,24 +12,21 @@ def get_method(self):
         if self._method:
             return self._method
         else:
-            return urllib2.Request.get_method(self) 
+            return urllib2.Request.get_method(self)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    
-	url = 'ENTER_HISTORICAL_JOB_URL'
-	UN = 'ENTER_USERNAME'
-	PWD = 'ENTER_PASSWORD'
+    url = 'ENTER_HISTORICAL_JOB_URL'
+    username = 'ENTER_USERNAME'
+    password = 'ENTER_PASSWORD'
+
+    base64string = base64.encodestring("{0}:{1}".format(username, password))
+
+    req = RequestWithMethod(url, 'GET')
+    req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
+    req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic {}".format(base64string.strip()))
 
-	base64string = base64.encodestring('%s:%s' % (UN, PWD)).replace('\n', '')
-	
-	req = RequestWithMethod(url, 'GET')
-	req.add_header('Content-type', 'application/json')
-	req.add_header("Authorization", "Basic %s" % base64string)
-	
-	try:
-		response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
-	except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
-        	print e.read()
-        	
-	the_page = response.read()
-	print the_page
+    try:
+        response = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+        print(response.read())
+    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+        print(e)
diff --git a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/README.md b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/README.md
index 6ff5bd2..2614f97 100644
--- a/Historical PowerTrack/Python/README.md	
+++ b/Historical PowerTrack/Python/README.md	
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<h1>Historical PowerTrack API Requests</h1>
-<h2>Python Examples</h2>
-<p>The following Python snippets demonstrate how to create and monitor jobs on the the Gnip Historical PowerTrack API.  HPT 2.0 has a separate file for creating a job, however the accept/reject and monitoring samples will work for both HPT 1.0 and HPT 2.0
-<p>CreateHistoricalJob: To run, replace credentials and replace {"value":"rule 1","tag":"ruleTag"},{"value":"rule 2","tag":"ruleTag"} with each rule and rule tag for testing.
+# Historical PowerTrack API Requests
+## Python Examples
 
-python CreateHistoricalJob.py
-python CreateHistoricalJob2.0.py
+The following Python snippets demonstrate how to create and monitor jobs on the the Gnip Historical PowerTrack API.  HPT 2.0 has a separate file for creating a job, however the accept/reject and monitoring samples will work for both HPT 1.0 and HPT 2.0
+
+CreateHistoricalJob: To run, replace credentials and replace {"value":"rule 1","tag":"ruleTag"},{"value":"rule 2","tag":"ruleTag"} with each rule and rule tag for testing.
+
+    python CreateHistoricalJob.py
+    python CreateHistoricalJob2.0.py