diff --git a/Pytorch_MNIST.py b/Pytorch_MNIST.py
index 5067a2c..4ab8a55 100644
--- a/Pytorch_MNIST.py
+++ b/Pytorch_MNIST.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ def forward(self, x):
         x = F.relu(x)
         x = self.dropout2(x)
         x = self.fc2(x)
-        output = F.log_softmax(x, dim=1)
-        return output
+        return F.log_softmax(x, dim=1)
 
 train_losses = []
 train_counter = []
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ def main():
         cuda_kwargs = {'num_workers': 1,
                        'pin_memory': True,
                        'shuffle': True}
-        train_kwargs.update(cuda_kwargs)
-        test_kwargs.update(cuda_kwargs)
+        train_kwargs |= cuda_kwargs
+        test_kwargs |= cuda_kwargs
 
     transform=transforms.Compose([
         transforms.ToTensor(),
diff --git a/Pytorch_ResNet.py b/Pytorch_ResNet.py
index 6167898..d728d06 100644
--- a/Pytorch_ResNet.py
+++ b/Pytorch_ResNet.py
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ class ResNet(nn.Module):
 
     def __init__(self, block, layers, num_classes, grayscale):
         self.inplanes = 64
-        if grayscale:
-            in_dim = 1
-        else:
-            in_dim = 3
+        in_dim = 1 if grayscale else 3
         super(ResNet, self).__init__()
         self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(in_dim, 64, kernel_size=7, stride=2, padding=3,
                                bias=False)
@@ -141,12 +138,9 @@ def _make_layer(self, block, planes, blocks, stride=1):
                 nn.BatchNorm2d(planes * block.expansion),
             )
 
-        layers = []
-        layers.append(block(self.inplanes, planes, stride, downsample))
+        layers = [block(self.inplanes, planes, stride, downsample)]
         self.inplanes = planes * block.expansion
-        for i in range(1, blocks):
-            layers.append(block(self.inplanes, planes))
-
+        layers.extend(block(self.inplanes, planes) for _ in range(1, blocks))
         return nn.Sequential(*layers)
     
     def forward(self, x):
@@ -170,11 +164,12 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 def resnet18(num_classes):
     """Constructs a ResNet-18 model."""
-    model = ResNet(block=BasicBlock, 
-                   layers=[2, 2, 2, 2],
-                   num_classes=NUM_CLASSES,
-                   grayscale=GRAYSCALE)
-    return model
+    return ResNet(
+        block=BasicBlock,
+        layers=[2, 2, 2, 2],
+        num_classes=NUM_CLASSES,
+        grayscale=GRAYSCALE,
+    )
 
 torch.manual_seed(RANDOM_SEED)
 
@@ -186,8 +181,7 @@ def resnet18(num_classes):
 
 def compute_accuracy(model, data_loader, device):
     correct_pred, num_examples = 0, 0
-    for i, (features, targets) in enumerate(data_loader):
-            
+    for features, targets in data_loader:
         features = features.to(device)
         targets = targets.to(device)