diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 19438d3..261b3e3 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ disable =
 	wrong-import-position,
 	logging-format-interpolation,
 	bare-except,
-	too-many-public-methods
+	too-many-public-methods,
+	consider-using-with,
+	consider-using-f-string,
+	unspecified-encoding,
+	consider-iterating-dictionary,
+	inconsistent-return-statements
 
 [REPORTS]
 output-format = text
diff --git a/proxstar/__init__.py b/proxstar/__init__.py
index 3dd92ff..fa53b33 100644
--- a/proxstar/__init__.py
+++ b/proxstar/__init__.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def vm_cpu(vmid, cores):
         vm = VM(vmid)
         cur_cores = vm.cpu
         if cores >= cur_cores:
-            if vm.qmpstatus == 'running' or vm.qmpstatus == 'paused':
+            if vm.qmpstatus in ('running', 'paused'):
                 usage_check = user.check_usage(cores - cur_cores, 0, 0)
             else:
                 usage_check = user.check_usage(cores, 0, 0)
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def vm_mem(vmid, mem):
         vm = VM(vmid)
         cur_mem = vm.mem // 1024
         if mem >= cur_mem:
-            if vm.qmpstatus == 'running' or vm.qmpstatus == 'paused':
+            if vm.qmpstatus in ('running', 'paused'):
                 usage_check = user.check_usage(0, mem - cur_mem, 0)
             else:
                 usage_check = user.check_usage(0, mem, 0)
diff --git a/proxstar/db.py b/proxstar/db.py
index 5bb6d9d..71b0a91 100644
--- a/proxstar/db.py
+++ b/proxstar/db.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def get_expiring_vms(db):
 
 
 def get_user_usage_limits(db, user):
-    limits = dict()
+    limits = {}
     if is_rtp(user):
         limits['cpu'] = 1000
         limits['mem'] = 1000
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def get_pool_cache(db):
     db_pools = db.query(Pool_Cache).all()
     pools = []
     for pool in db_pools:
-        pool_dict = dict()
+        pool_dict = {}
         pool_dict['user'] = pool.pool
         pool_dict['vms'] = pool.vms
         pool_dict['num_vms'] = pool.num_vms
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def add_ignored_pool(db, pool):
 def get_templates(db):
     templates = []
     for template in db.query(Template).all():
-        template_dict = dict()
+        template_dict = {}
         template_dict['id'] = template.id
         template_dict['name'] = template.name
         template_dict['disk'] = template.disk
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def get_templates(db):
 
 
 def get_template(db, template_id):
-    template_dict = dict()
+    template_dict = {}
     if db.query(exists().where(Template.id == template_id)).scalar():
         template = db.query(Template).filter(Template.id == template_id).one()
         template_dict['id'] = template.id
diff --git a/proxstar/user.py b/proxstar/user.py
index 40fc31b..7b2dd7e 100644
--- a/proxstar/user.py
+++ b/proxstar/user.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class User:
         for job in jobs:
             job = q.fetch_job(job)
             if job and len(job.args) > 2:
-                if job.args[0] == self.name or job.args[2] == self.name:
-                    vm_dict = dict()
+                if self.name in (job.args[0], job.args[2]):
+                    vm_dict = {}
                     vm_dict['name'] = job.args[1]
                     vm_dict['status'] = job.meta.get('status', 'no status yet')
                     vm_dict['pending'] = True
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class User:
 
     @lazy_property
     def usage(self):
-        usage = dict()
+        usage = {}
         usage['cpu'] = 0
         usage['mem'] = 0
         usage['disk'] = 0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class User:
         for vm in vms:
             if 'status' in vm:
                 vm = VM(vm['vmid'])
-                if vm.status == 'running' or vm.status == 'paused':
+                if vm.status in ('running', 'paused'):
                     usage['cpu'] += int(vm.cpu)
                     usage['mem'] += int(vm.mem) / 1024
                 for disk in vm.disks:
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ class User:
 
     @lazy_property
     def usage_percent(self):
-        percents = dict()
+        percents = {}
         percents['cpu'] = round(self.usage['cpu'] / self.limits['cpu'] * 100)
         percents['mem'] = round(self.usage['mem'] / self.limits['mem'] * 100)
         percents['disk'] = round(self.usage['disk'] / self.limits['disk'] * 100)
-        for resource in percents:
+        for resource in percents.items():
             if percents[resource] > 100:
                 percents[resource] = 100
         return percents
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def get_vms_for_rtp(proxmox, database):
     pools = []
     for pool in get_pools(proxmox, database):
         user = User(pool)
-        pool_dict = dict()
+        pool_dict = {}
         pool_dict['user'] = user.name
         pool_dict['vms'] = user.vms
         pool_dict['num_vms'] = len(pool_dict['vms'])
diff --git a/proxstar/vnc.py b/proxstar/vnc.py
index 0bcbd06..c398bfc 100644
--- a/proxstar/vnc.py
+++ b/proxstar/vnc.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def get_vnc_targets():
     if os.path.exists(app.config['WEBSOCKIFY_TARGET_FILE']):
         target_file = open(app.config['WEBSOCKIFY_TARGET_FILE'])
         for line in target_file:
-            target_dict = dict()
+            target_dict = {}
             values = line.strip().split(':')
             target_dict['token'] = values[0]
             target_dict['port'] = values[2]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac13f66..fd5b477 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-black~=20.8b1
+black~=22.3.0
 csh-ldap~=2.2.0
 flask==1.1.2
 jinja2==2.11.3
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gunicorn==20.0.4
 paramiko==2.7.2
 proxmoxer==1.1.1
 psutil==5.8.0
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.3
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
 redis==3.5.3
 requests==2.25.1
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sqlalchemy==1.3.22
 sshtunnel==0.2.2
 tenacity==5.0.2
 websockify==0.9.0
-pylint==2.6.0
+pylint==2.13.9
 pylint-quotes==0.2.1
 sentry-sdk[flask]
 sentry-sdk~=0.19.5