diff --git a/pbincli/actions.py b/pbincli/actions.py
index 8a02dc0..8240e4c 100644
--- a/pbincli/actions.py
+++ b/pbincli/actions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from sys import exit
 from pbincli.format import Paste
 
 def send(args, api_client):
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ def get(args, api_client):
 
     try:
         pasteid, passphrase = args.pasteinfo.split("#")
-    except ValueError as err:
+    except:
         print("PBinCLI error: provided info hasn't contain valid PasteID#Passphrase string")
         exit(1)
 
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ def get(args, api_client):
             check_writable(filename)
             with open(filename, "wb") as f:
                 f.write(text)
-                f.close
+                f.close()
 
         attachment, attachment_name = paste.getAttachment()
 
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ def get(args, api_client):
             check_writable(attachment_name)
             with open(attachment_name, "wb") as f:
                 f.write(attachment)
-                f.close
+                f.close()
 
         if version == 1 and 'meta' in result and 'burnafterreading' in result['meta'] and result['meta']['burnafterreading']:
             print("Burn afrer reading flag found. Deleting paste...")
diff --git a/pbincli/api.py b/pbincli/api.py
index 19846d9..666dfeb 100644
--- a/pbincli/api.py
+++ b/pbincli/api.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ class PrivateBin:
 
         try:
             return result.json()
-        except ValueError as e:
-            print("ERROR: Unable parse response as json. Received (size = {}):\n".format(len(result.text), result.text))
+        except:
+            print("ERROR: Unable parse response as json. Received (size = {}):\n{}".format(len(result.text), result.text))
             exit(1)
 
 
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ class PrivateBin:
                 headers = self.headers,
                 proxies = self.proxy,
                 data = request).json()
-        except ValueError as e:
+        except:
             # unable parse response as json because it can be empty (1.2), so simulate correct answer
+            print("NOTICE: Received empty response. We interpret that as our paste has already been deleted.")
             from json import loads as json_loads
             result = json_loads('{"status":0}')
 
diff --git a/pbincli/format.py b/pbincli/format.py
index e5c508b..f076282 100644
--- a/pbincli/format.py
+++ b/pbincli/format.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Paste:
 
     def setPassword(self, password):
         self._password = password
-        
+
 
     def setText(self, text):
         self._text = text
@@ -89,17 +89,18 @@ class Paste:
             return b64encode(self._key).decode()
 
 
-    def setHash(self, hash):
+    def setHash(self, passphrase):
         if self._version == 2:
             from base58 import b58decode
-            self._key = b58decode(hash)
+            self._key = b58decode(passphrase)
         else:
-            self._key = b64decode(hash)
+            self._key = b64decode(passphrase)
 
 
     def __deriveKey(self, salt):
         from Crypto.Protocol.KDF import PBKDF2
         from Crypto.Hash import HMAC, SHA256
+
         # Key derivation, using PBKDF2 and SHA256 HMAC
         return PBKDF2(
             self._key + self._password.encode(),
@@ -116,12 +117,15 @@ class Paste:
     @classmethod
     def __initializeCipher(self, key, iv, adata):
         from pbincli.utils import json_encode
+
         cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_GCM, nonce=iv, mac_len=CIPHER_TAG_BYTES)
         cipher.update(json_encode(adata))
         return cipher
 
 
     def __preparePassKey(self):
+        from hashlib import sha256
+
         if self._password:
             digest = sha256(self._password.encode("UTF-8")).hexdigest()
             return b64encode(self._key) + digest.encode("UTF-8")
@@ -243,7 +247,6 @@ class Paste:
             self._data = {'v':2,'adata':adata,'ct':b64encode(ciphertext + tag).decode(),'meta':{'expire':expiration}}
 
         else:
-            from hashlib import sha256
             from sjcl import SJCL
 
             self._data = {'expire':expiration,'formatter':formatter,'burnafterreading':int(burnafterreading),'opendiscussion':int(discussion)}
diff --git a/pbincli/utils.py b/pbincli/utils.py
index 4c36664..5f80ee2 100644
--- a/pbincli/utils.py
+++ b/pbincli/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import json, ntpath, os
-from base64 import b64encode, b64decode
 
 class PBinCLIException(Exception):
     pass