diff --git a/common/utilities.js b/common/utilities.js
index aabf636..0d898ee 100644
--- a/common/utilities.js
+++ b/common/utilities.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function validateEmail(email) {
 	return emailExpression.test(email);
 }
 
-let excluded = [ //errors that should not be logged
+let excluded = [ //messages that should not be logged
 	'Not enough gold',
 	'Not enough recruits',
 	'Not enough soldiers',
diff --git a/server/news.js b/server/news.js
index f35e658..4442d85 100644
--- a/server/news.js
+++ b/server/news.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const newsRequest = () => (req, res) => {
 	}
 
 	//build the object to send
-	let json = {}
+	let json = {} //TODO: caching
 
 	//send each file as json
 	for (let i = 0; i < max; i++) {
diff --git a/src/actions/accounts.js b/src/actions/accounts.js
index 1253bb3..7032105 100644
--- a/src/actions/accounts.js
+++ b/src/actions/accounts.js
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ export function sessionChange(token) {
 	return {
 		type: SESSIONCHANGE,
 		token: token
-	}
+	};
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/panels/news_panel.jsx b/src/components/panels/news_panel.jsx
index b37a77a..ad99ebe 100644
--- a/src/components/panels/news_panel.jsx
+++ b/src/components/panels/news_panel.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class NewsPanel extends React.Component {
 		);
 	}
 
-	fetchNews(max = 3) {
+	fetchNews(max) {
 		//build the XHR
 		let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();