diff --git a/src/ascii_manipulation.rs b/src/ascii_manipulation.rs
index 562478c..3b35379 100644
--- a/src/ascii_manipulation.rs
+++ b/src/ascii_manipulation.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::process::exit;
-use image::{DynamicImage, GenericImageView, imageops, Rgba};
+use image::{DynamicImage, GenericImageView, Rgba};
 use log::error;
 use crate::model_rgb_ascii::Ascii;
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub fn to_custom_ascii(char_map: String, image: DynamicImage) -> Vec<Vec<Ascii>>
     to_ascii(char_map, image)
 }
 
-pub fn to_braille_ascii(mut image: DynamicImage, threshold: u8) -> Vec<Vec<Ascii>> {
+pub fn to_braille_ascii(image: DynamicImage, threshold: u8) -> Vec<Vec<Ascii>> {
     let mut str: Vec<Ascii> = Vec::new();
     let mut out: Vec<Vec<Ascii>> = Vec::new();
 
diff --git a/src/image_manipulation.rs b/src/image_manipulation.rs
index bfbbb82..fee4141 100644
--- a/src/image_manipulation.rs
+++ b/src/image_manipulation.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use termion::terminal_size;
-use log::{debug, error, trace};
+use log::{debug, error};
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use image::DynamicImage;
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fn get_terminal_size() -> (u32, u32) {
 }
 
 pub fn resize_image(img: DynamicImage, full: bool, braille: bool, opt_w: Option<u32>) -> DynamicImage {
+    //compiler complains that these v values are never read; this is true, however they are necessary because otherwise the program simply will not compile.
     let (mut w, mut h) = (1,1);
     let (max_w, max_h) = get_terminal_size();
     if full {