diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/EnableDownload.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/EnableDownload.py
index 4baca89549..f7f117969e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/EnableDownload.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/EnableDownload.py
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 #*                                                                         *
 #***************************************************************************
 
-import FreeCAD,FreeCADGui
+import FreeCAD
 rf=FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Start")
 rf.SetBool("AllowDownload",True)
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py
index 4c7889daa3..7b7e14c7d6 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/LoadMRU.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #*                                                                         *
 #***************************************************************************
 
-import FreeCADGui,sys
+import FreeCADGui
 # MRU will be given before this script is run
 rf=FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
 FreeCADGui.loadFile(rf.GetString("MRU"+str(MRU)))
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js
index ca70689613..ad906f89e9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function load() {
 
     if (allowDownloads == 1) {
         // load latest commits
-        ddiv = document.getElementById("commits");
+        var ddiv = document.getElementById("commits");
         ddiv.innerHTML = "Connecting...";
         var tobj=new JSONscriptRequest('https://api.github.com/repos/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commits?callback=printCommits');
         tobj.buildScriptTag(); // Build the script tag
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function printCommits(data) {
 
     // json callback for git commits
 
-    ddiv = document.getElementById('commits');
+    var ddiv = document.getElementById('commits');
     ddiv.innerHTML = "Received";
     var html = ['<ul>'];
     for (var i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function printAddons(data) {
 
     // json callback for addons list
 
-    ddiv = document.getElementById('addons');
+    var ddiv = document.getElementById('addons');
     ddiv.innerHTML = "Received";
     var html = ['<ul class="addonslist">'];
     var blacklist = ['addons_installer.FCMacro','FreeCAD-Addon-Details.md','README.md'];
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function printForum(data) {
 
     // json callback for forum posts
 
-    ddiv = document.getElementById('forum');
+    var ddiv = document.getElementById('forum');
     ddiv.innerHTML = "Received";
     var html = ['<ul>'];
     for (var i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
diff --git a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
index 5fc176f778..a19c46949c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Start/StartPage/StartPage.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # the html code of the start page. It is built only once per FreeCAD session for now...
 
 import six
-import sys,os,FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,tempfile,time,zipfile,urllib,re
+import sys,os,FreeCAD,FreeCADGui,tempfile,time,zipfile,re
 from . import TranslationTexts
 from PySide import QtCore,QtGui
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def getInfo(filename):
         try:
             import gnome.ui
             import gnomevfs
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # alternative method
             import hashlib
             fhash = hashlib.md5(("file://"+path).encode("utf8")).hexdigest()
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def getInfo(filename):
         if filename.lower().endswith(".fcstd"):
             try:
                 zfile=zipfile.ZipFile(filename)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 print("Cannot read file: ",filename)
                 return None
             files=zfile.namelist()
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ def handle():
 
     # build SECTION_RECENTFILES
 
-    SECTION_RECENTFILES = encode("")
     rf = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/RecentFiles")
     rfcount = rf.GetInt("RecentFiles",0)
     SECTION_RECENTFILES = encode("<h2>"+TranslationTexts.T_RECENTFILES+"</h2>")
@@ -493,7 +492,7 @@ def handle():
                     img = os.path.join(resources_dir,"images/freecad.png")
             iconbank[wb] = img
         UL_WORKBENCHES += '<li>'
-        UL_WORKBENCHES += '<img src="file:///'+iconbank[wb]+'">&nbsp;'
+        UL_WORKBENCHES += '<img src="file:///'+img+'">&nbsp;'
         UL_WORKBENCHES += '<a href="https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/'+wn+'_Workbench">'+wn.replace("ReverseEngineering","ReverseEng")+'</a>'
         UL_WORKBENCHES += '</li>'
     UL_WORKBENCHES += '</ul>'
@@ -503,19 +502,19 @@ def handle():
 
     try:
         import dxfLibrary
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
     else:
         wblist.append("dxf-library")
     try:
         import RebarTools
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
     else:
         wblist.append("reinforcement")
     try:
         import CADExchangerIO
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
     else:
         wblist.append("cadexchanger")