diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index b99e44e..b7cca74 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import express from "express";
 import compression from "compression";  // compresses requests
 import session from "express-session";
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
-import logger from "./util/logger";
 import lusca from "lusca";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import mongo from "connect-mongo";
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ const app = express();
 // Connect to MongoDB
 const mongoUrl = MONGODB_URI;
 (<any>mongoose).Promise = bluebird;
-mongoose.connect(mongoUrl, {useMongoClient: true}).then(
+mongoose.connect(mongoUrl, { useMongoClient: true }).then(
   () => { /** ready to use. The `mongoose.connect()` promise resolves to undefined. */ },
 ).catch(err => {
   console.log("MongoDB connection error. Please make sure MongoDB is running. " + err);
@@ -122,4 +121,4 @@ app.get("/auth/facebook/callback", passport.authenticate("facebook", { failureRe
   res.redirect(req.session.returnTo || "/");
 });
 
-export default app;
\ No newline at end of file
+export default app;
diff --git a/src/config/passport.ts b/src/config/passport.ts
index 24347ff..5958654 100644
--- a/src/config/passport.ts
+++ b/src/config/passport.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import passport from "passport";
-import request from "request";
 import passportLocal from "passport-local";
 import passportFacebook from "passport-facebook";
 import _ from "lodash";
diff --git a/src/controllers/api.ts b/src/controllers/api.ts
index 364d17c..8920cd5 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 "use strict";
 
-import async from "async";
-import request from "request";
 import graph from "fbgraph";
 import { Response, Request, NextFunction } from "express";
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/user.ts b/src/controllers/user.ts
index fd5fd47..5d605d7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/user.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/user.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
 import { IVerifyOptions } from "passport-local";
 import { WriteError } from "mongodb";
 import "../config/passport";
-const request = require("express-validator");
-
 
 /**
  * GET /login
diff --git a/src/util/logger.ts b/src/util/logger.ts
index cb052af..dba312a 100644
--- a/src/util/logger.ts
+++ b/src/util/logger.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import winston from "winston";
 import { Logger } from "winston";
-import { ENVIRONMENT } from "./secrets";
 
 const logger = new (Logger)({
     transports: [