diff --git a/.github/workflows/impress.yml b/.github/workflows/impress.yml
index ae170708..2219733b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/impress.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/impress.yml
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install development dependencies
         run: pip install --user .[dev]
       - name: Check code formatting with ruff
-        run: ~/.local/bin/ruff format impress --diff
+        run: ~/.local/bin/ruff format . --diff
       - name: Lint code with ruff
-        run: ~/.local/bin/ruff check impress
+        run: ~/.local/bin/ruff check .
       - name: Lint code with pylint
-        run: ~/.local/bin/pylint impress
+        run: ~/.local/bin/pylint .
 
 
   test-back:
diff --git a/src/backend/demo/management/commands/create_demo.py b/src/backend/demo/management/commands/create_demo.py
index 8a26343e..a8d7e598 100644
--- a/src/backend/demo/management/commands/create_demo.py
+++ b/src/backend/demo/management/commands/create_demo.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # ruff: noqa: S311, S106
 """create_demo management command"""
 
-import json
 import logging
 import random
 import time
@@ -110,10 +109,14 @@ def create_demo(stdout):
     queue = BulkQueue(stdout)
 
     with Timeit(stdout, "Creating Template"):
-        with open("demo/data/template/code.txt", "r") as text_file:
+        with open(
+            file="demo/data/template/code.txt", mode="r", encoding="utf-8"
+        ) as text_file:
             code_data = text_file.read()
 
-        with open("demo/data/template/css.txt", "r") as text_file:
+        with open(
+            file="demo/data/template/css.txt", mode="r", encoding="utf-8"
+        ) as text_file:
             css_data = text_file.read()
 
         queue.push(
diff --git a/src/backend/demo/tests/test_commands_create_demo.py b/src/backend/demo/tests/test_commands_create_demo.py
index 27b040c9..057b57e3 100644
--- a/src/backend/demo/tests/test_commands_create_demo.py
+++ b/src/backend/demo/tests/test_commands_create_demo.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 """Test the `create_demo` management command"""
 
-from unittest import mock
-
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.test import override_settings