diff --git a/src/scportrait/pipeline/extraction.py b/src/scportrait/pipeline/extraction.py
index 1d032ebe..505f6081 100644
--- a/src/scportrait/pipeline/extraction.py
+++ b/src/scportrait/pipeline/extraction.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self.overwrite_run_path = self.overwrite
 
     def _get_compression_type(self):
-        if (self.compression == True) or (self.compression == "lzf"):
+        if (self.compression is True) or (self.compression == "lzf"):
             self.compression_type = "lzf"
         elif self.compression == "gzip":
             self.compression_type = "gzip"
diff --git a/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/workflows.py b/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/workflows.py
index d5f2614d..94ed8c44 100644
--- a/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/workflows.py
+++ b/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/workflows.py
@@ -655,7 +655,9 @@ def _check_for_mask_matching_filtering(self) -> None:
             if "filter_status" in self.config.keys():
                 self.filter_match_masks = True
                 self.mask_matching_filtering_threshold = 0.95
-                Warning("filter_status is deprecated, please use match_masks instead. Will use default settings for mask matching.")
+                Warning(
+                    "filter_status is deprecated, please use match_masks instead. Will use default settings for mask matching."
+                )
 
             # default behaviour that this filtering should be performed, otherwise another additional step is required before extraction
             self.filter_match_masks = True