diff --git a/app/decide.py b/app/decide.py
index 8984c628..df670599 100644
--- a/app/decide.py
+++ b/app/decide.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import random
 import help_methods
 
-def get_decide_choice(decide):
-    choices = decide.replace('!decide', '' ).lstrip().split(' or ')
-    if len(choices) > 1:
-        return random.choice(choices)
-    elif '' in choices:
+def decide(message):
+    choices = message.replace('!decide', '' ).lstrip().split(' or ')
+    if '' in choices:
         return help_methods.get_help_message('decide')
+    elif len(choices) > 1:
+        return random.choice(choices)
     else:
         return random.choice(["yes", "no"])
diff --git a/app/dragon-bot.py b/app/dragon-bot.py
index 1e0456ca..57aa3772 100644
--- a/app/dragon-bot.py
+++ b/app/dragon-bot.py
@@ -175,10 +175,13 @@ async def on_message(message):
         # await client.send_message(message.channel, 'Deleted {} message(s)'.format(len(deleted)))
 
     if message.content.startswith('!decide'):
-        await client.send_message(message.channel,
-        "{} {}".format(message.author.mention,
-        decide_method.get_decide_choice(message.content)))
-
+        await client.send_message(
+            message.channel,
+            "{} {}".format(
+                message.author.mention,
+                decide.decide(message.content)
+            )
+        )
 
 
     if message.content.startswith('!cleanup') and message.author.id == '144986109804412928':
diff --git a/app/excuse.py b/app/excuse.py
index c166b7de..12f42b39 100644
--- a/app/excuse.py
+++ b/app/excuse.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import random, requests
 
 def get_excuse():
-    excuses = requests.get(
-        'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AndrewBrinker/6763cdd5d79d6e3eaa3f/raw/624b946ebcca71ac76b74afa5ea41280540c1b97/excuses.txt'
-    ).text.split("\n")
-    return random.choice(excuses)
+    url = ("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/AndrewBrinker/6763cdd5d79d6e" \
+          "3eaa3f/raw/624b946ebcca71ac76b74afa5ea41280540c1b97/excuses.txt")
+    return random.choice(requests.get(url).text.split("\n"))