diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b1f8902f..3785daaf 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 name = otoole
 description = A Python toolkit to support use of OSeMOSYS
 author = Will Usher
-author-email = wusher@kth.se
+author_email = wusher@kth.se
 license = mit
-long-description = file: README.rst
-long-description-content-type = text/x-rst; charset=UTF-8
+long_description = file: README.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst; charset=UTF-8
 url = https://github.com/OSeMOSYS/otoole
-project-urls =
+project_urls =
     Documentation = https://otoole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest
 # Change if running only on Windows, Mac or Linux (comma-separated)
 platforms = any
diff --git a/src/otoole/utils.py b/src/otoole/utils.py
index 99b8f146..c87dd1ac 100644
--- a/src/otoole/utils.py
+++ b/src/otoole/utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import json
 import os
-from typing import Dict, List, Union
-
 from datapackage import Package
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
-from yaml import SafeLoader, load
+from typing import Dict, List, Union
+from yaml import SafeLoader, load  # type: ignore
 
 try:
     import importlib.resources as resources
@@ -15,9 +14,9 @@
 
 def _read_file(open_file, ending):
     if ending == ".yaml" or ending == ".yml":
-        contents = load(open_file, Loader=SafeLoader)
+        contents = load(open_file, Loader=SafeLoader)  # typing: Dict
     elif ending == ".json":
-        contents = json.load(open_file)
+        contents = json.load(open_file)  # typing: Dict
     else:
         contents = open_file.readlines()
     return contents