diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 5537bd4b..435237cc 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ if [ -x "$(command -v apt-get)" ];then
 	LIGHTTPD_USER="www-data"
 	LIGHTTPD_GROUP="www-data"
 	LIGHTTPD_CFG="lighttpd.conf.debian"
+	DNSMASQ_USER="dnsmasq"
 	package_check_install() {
 		dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -c "ok installed" || ${PKG_INSTALL} "$1"
 	}
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ elif [ -x "$(command -v rpm)" ];then
 	LIGHTTPD_USER="lighttpd"
 	LIGHTTPD_GROUP="lighttpd"
 	LIGHTTPD_CFG="lighttpd.conf.fedora"
+	DNSMASQ_USER="nobody"
 	package_check_install() {
 		rpm -qa | grep ^"$1"- > /dev/null || ${PKG_INSTALL} "$1"
 	}
@@ -399,14 +401,14 @@ function valid_ip()
 }
 
 setDNS(){
-	DNSChoseCmd=(whiptail --separate-output --radiolist "Select Upstream DNS Provider. To use your own, select Custom." ${r} ${c} 6)
+	DNSChooseCmd=(whiptail --separate-output --radiolist "Select Upstream DNS Provider. To use your own, select Custom." ${r} ${c} 6)
 	DNSChooseOptions=(Google "" on
 			OpenDNS "" off
 			Level3 "" off
 			Norton "" off
 			Comodo "" off
 			Custom "" off)
-	DNSchoices=$("${DNSChoseCmd[@]}" "${DNSChooseOptions[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
+	DNSchoices=$("${DNSChooseCmd[@]}" "${DNSChooseOptions[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
 	if [[ $? = 0 ]];then
 		case ${DNSchoices} in
             Google)
@@ -706,7 +708,7 @@ CreateLogFile() {
 	if [ ! -f /var/log/pihole.log ]; then
 		touch /var/log/pihole.log
 		chmod 644 /var/log/pihole.log
-		chown dnsmasq:root /var/log/pihole.log
+		chown "${DNSMASQ_USER}":root /var/log/pihole.log
 		echo " done!"
 	else
 		echo " already exists!"
@@ -766,14 +768,8 @@ create_pihole_user(){
 configureFirewall() {
 	# Allow HTTP and DNS traffic
 	if [ -x "$(command -v firewall-cmd)" ]; then
-		firewall-cmd --state > /dev/null
-		if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-			echo "::: Configuring firewalld for httpd and dnsmasq.."
-			firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
-			firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=53/tcp
-			firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=53/udp
-			firewall-cmd --reload
-		fi
+		firewall-cmd --state &> /dev/null && ( echo "::: Configuring firewalld for httpd and dnsmasq.." && firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp && firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=53/tcp \
+		&& firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=53/udp && firewall-cmd --reload) || echo "::: FirewallD not enabled"
 	elif [ -x "$(command -v iptables)" ]; then
 		echo "::: Configuring iptables for httpd and dnsmasq.."
 		iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
@@ -843,21 +839,13 @@ configureSelinux() {
 		package_check_install "selinux-policy-devel" > /dev/null
 		echo " installed!"
 		printf "::: Enabling httpd server side includes (SSI).. "
-		setsebool -P httpd_ssi_exec on
-		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-			echo -n "Success"
-		fi
+		setsebool -P httpd_ssi_exec on &> /dev/null && echo "Success" || echo "SELinux not enabled"
 		printf "\n:::\tCompiling Pi-Hole SELinux policy..\n"
 		checkmodule -M -m -o /etc/pihole/pihole.mod /etc/.pihole/advanced/selinux/pihole.te
 		semodule_package -o /etc/pihole/pihole.pp -m /etc/pihole/pihole.mod
 		semodule -i /etc/pihole/pihole.pp
 		rm -f /etc/pihole/pihole.mod
-		semodule -l | grep pihole > /dev/null
-		if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-			printf "::: Successfully installed Pi-Hole SELinux policy\n"
-		else
-			printf "::: Warning: Pi-Hole SELinux policy did not install correctly!\n"
-		fi
+		semodule -l | grep pihole &> /dev/null && echo "::: Installed Pi-Hole SELinux policy" || echo "::: Warning: Pi-Hole SELinux policy did not install."
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -876,7 +864,7 @@ View the web interface at http://pi.hole/admin or http://${IPv4_address%/*}/admi
 
 update_dialogs(){
 
-  UpdateCmd=$(whiptail --title "Existing Install Detected!" --menu "\n\nWe have detected an existing install.\n\nPlease chose from the following options:" ${r} ${c} 2 \
+  UpdateCmd=$(whiptail --title "Existing Install Detected!" --menu "\n\nWe have detected an existing install.\n\nPlease choose from the following options:" ${r} ${c} 2 \
   "Update"  "Update install will retain existing settings." \
   "Install"  "Install will allow you to enter new settings." 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3)
 
diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 636c6c06..f25b28ee 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function gravity_hostFormat() {
 		echo "::: Error: Unable to determine fully qualified domain name of host"
 	fi
 	# If there is a value in the $piholeIPv6, then IPv6 will be used, so the awk command modified to create a line for both protocols
-	if [[ -n ${IPv6_address} ]];then
+	if [[ -n "${IPv6_address}" ]];then
 		# Add hostname and dummy domain to the top of gravity.list to make ping result return a friendlier looking domain! Also allows for an easy way to access the Pi-hole admin console (pi.hole/admin)
 		echo -e "$IPv4addr $hostname\n$IPv6_address $hostname\n$IPv4addr pi.hole\n$IPv6_address pi.hole" > ${piholeDir}/${accretionDisc}
 		cat ${piholeDir}/${eventHorizon} | awk -v ipv4addr="$IPv4addr" -v ipv6addr="$IPv6_address" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0"\n"ipv6addr" "$0}' >> ${piholeDir}/${accretionDisc}