diff --git a/lib/split/dashboard/public/dashboard-filtering.js b/lib/split/dashboard/public/dashboard-filtering.js
index f58fe623..9383366c 100644
--- a/lib/split/dashboard/public/dashboard-filtering.js
+++ b/lib/split/dashboard/public/dashboard-filtering.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ $(function() {
   $('#filter').on('keyup', function() {
     $input = $(this);
 
-    if ($input.val() == '') {
+    if ($input.val() === '') {
       $('div.experiment').show();
       return false;
     }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ $(function() {
 
   $('#toggle-active').on('click', function() {
     $button = $(this);
-    if ($button.val() == 'Hide active') {
+    if ($button.val() === 'Hide active') {
       $button.val('Show active');
     } else {
       $button.val('Hide active');
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $(function() {
 
   $('#toggle-completed').on('click', function() {
     $button = $(this);
-    if ($button.val() == 'Hide completed') {
+    if ($button.val() === 'Hide completed') {
       $button.val('Show completed');
     } else {
       $button.val('Hide completed');
diff --git a/lib/split/experiment.rb b/lib/split/experiment.rb
index 770b12dc..6eeaa587 100644
--- a/lib/split/experiment.rb
+++ b/lib/split/experiment.rb
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ def alternatives=(alts)
     end
 
     def winner
-      if w = redis.hget(:experiment_winner, name)
-        Split::Alternative.new(w, name)
+      experiment_winner = redis.hget(:experiment_winner, name)
+      if experiment_winner
+        Split::Alternative.new(experiment_winner, name)
       else
         nil
       end
@@ -171,9 +172,9 @@ def start_time
       if t
         # Check if stored time is an integer
         if t =~ /^[-+]?[0-9]+$/
-          t = Time.at(t.to_i)
+          Time.at(t.to_i)
         else
-          t = Time.parse(t)
+          Time.parse(t)
         end
       end
     end
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ def random_alternative
     end
 
     def version
-      @version ||= (redis.get("#{name.to_s}:version").to_i || 0)
+      @version ||= (redis.get("#{name}:version").to_i || 0)
     end
 
     def increment_version
@@ -280,8 +281,6 @@ def calc_winning_alternatives
     end
 
     def estimate_winning_alternative(goal = nil)
-      # TODO - refactor out functionality to work with and without goals
-
       # initialize a hash of beta distributions based on the alternatives' conversion rates
       beta_params = calc_beta_params(goal)
 
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ def experiment_config_key
     end
 
     def load_metadata_from_configuration
-      metadata = Split.configuration.experiment_for(@name)[:metadata]
+      Split.configuration.experiment_for(@name)[:metadata]
     end
 
     def load_metadata_from_redis