diff --git a/api/core/security.py b/api/core/security.py
index 318ea9b..7273fdf 100644
--- a/api/core/security.py
+++ b/api/core/security.py
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ def create_access_token(data: dict, expires_delta: Optional[timedelta] = None) -
     else:
         expire = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(minutes=settings.ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRE_MINUTES)
     to_encode.update({"exp": expire})
-    encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(
+    return jwt.encode(
         to_encode, settings.SECRET_KEY, algorithm=ALGORITHM)
-    return encoded_jwt
 
 
 def verify_password(plain_password: str, hashed_password: str) -> bool:
diff --git a/api/crud.py b/api/crud.py
index d4413d8..75a72a8 100644
--- a/api/crud.py
+++ b/api/crud.py
@@ -148,10 +148,8 @@ def get_tweets_for_user(db: Session, user_id: int, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 1
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, detail="User does not exist")
 
-    # user exists - proceed to return tweets
-    tweets = db.query(models.Tweet).filter(models.Tweet.user_id == user_id).order_by(
+    return db.query(models.Tweet).filter(models.Tweet.user_id == user_id).order_by(
         models.Tweet.created_at.desc()).limit(limit).all()
-    return tweets
 
 
 def get_tweets_liked_by_user(db: Session, user_id: int, skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100):
@@ -390,10 +388,8 @@ def get_all_followers(db: Session, user_id: int):
         raise HTTPException(status_code=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
                             detail="Bad userId. User does not exist.")
 
-    # User is valid - proceed to get all followers
-    db_followers = db.query(models.Follows).filter(
+    return db.query(models.Follows).filter(
         models.Follows.follows_user_id == user_id).all()
-    return db_followers
 
 ###############
 # Tweet Likes #
diff --git a/api/routers/users.py b/api/routers/users.py
index f33e8ac..47ca28c 100644
--- a/api/routers/users.py
+++ b/api/routers/users.py
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ def update_user(request_body: schemas.UserUpdateRequestBody,
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=status.HTTP_406_NOT_ACCEPTABLE, detail="Username already exists")
 
-    # Update user attributes
-    user = crud.update_user(db, current_user.id, request_body)
-    return user
+    return crud.update_user(db, current_user.id, request_body)
 
 
 @router.delete('/', response_model=schemas.EmptyResponse)