diff --git a/src/PostgREST/App.hs b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
index 7509cf790..89fb19ff9 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/App.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/App.hs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import           PostgREST.Types
 import           PostgREST.Auth (tokenJWT)
 
 import           Prelude
-import           Debug.Trace
+--import           Debug.Trace
 
 app :: DbStructure -> AppConfig -> BL.ByteString -> Request -> H.Tx P.Postgres s Response
 app dbstructure conf reqBody req =
@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ parseGetRequest rootTableName httpRequest =
     qParams = queryParams httpRequest
 
 augumentRequestWithJoin :: Text ->  [Relation] ->  ApiRequest -> Either Text ApiRequest
-augumentRequestWithJoin schema allRels request = return request
-         >>= first formatRelationError . addRelations schema allRels Nothing
-         >>= addJoinConditions schema
+augumentRequestWithJoin schema allRels request =
+  (first formatRelationError . addRelations schema allRels Nothing) request
+  >>= addJoinConditions schema
 
 -- we use strings here because most of this data will be sent to parsers (which need strings for now)
 queryParams :: Request -> [(String, Maybe String)]
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ buildSelectApiRequest :: Text -> String -> [(String, String)] -> Maybe String ->
 buildSelectApiRequest rootTableName sel wher orderS =
   first formatParserError $ foldr addFilter <$> (addOrder <$> apiRequest <*> ord) <*> flts
   where
-    apiRequest = parse (pRequestSelect rootTableName) ("failed to parse select parameter <<"++sel++">>") $ sel
+    apiRequest = parse (pRequestSelect rootTableName) ("failed to parse select parameter <<"++sel++">>") sel
     addOrder (Node (q,i) f) o = Node (q{order=o}, i) f
     flts = mapM pRequestFilter wher
     ord = traverse (parse pOrder ("failed to parse order parameter <<"++fromMaybe "" orderS++">>")) orderS
diff --git a/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs b/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
index 40a665651..ae4bcc095 100644
--- a/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec = afterAll_ resetDb $ around withApp $ do
           simpleBody p `shouldBe` ""
           simpleStatus p `shouldBe` created201
 
-      it "filters columns in result using &select" $ do
+      it "filters columns in result using &select" $
         request methodPost "/menagerie?select=integer,varchar" [("Prefer", "return=representation")]
           [json| {
             "integer": 14, "double": 3.14159, "varchar": "testing!"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec = afterAll_ resetDb $ around withApp $ do
           , matchHeaders = ["Content-Type" <:> "application/json"]
           }
 
-      it "includes related data after insert" $ do
+      it "includes related data after insert" $
         request methodPost "/projects?select=id,name,clients(id,name)" [("Prefer", "return=representation")]
           [str|{"id":5,"name":"New Project","client_id":2}|] `shouldRespondWith` ResponseMatcher {
             matchBody    = Just [str|{"id":5,"name":"New Project","clients":{"id":2,"name":"Apple"}}|]
diff --git a/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs b/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs
index 1ff4c899a..b6a236813 100644
--- a/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/QuerySpec.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import SpecHelper
 spec :: Spec
 spec =
   beforeAll (clearTable "items" >> createItems 15)
-   . beforeAll (clearProjectsTable)
+   . beforeAll clearProjectsTable
    . beforeAll (clearTable "complex_items" >> createComplexItems)
    . beforeAll (clearTable "nullable_integer" >> createNullInteger)
    . beforeAll (