diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java b/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java
index 7458253..15f07ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcher.java
@@ -38,22 +38,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractFeedFetcher.class);
 
-    private final Set<FetcherListener> fetcherEventListeners;
+    private final Set<FetcherListener> listeners;
     private String userAgent;
     private boolean usingDeltaEncoding;
     private boolean preserveWireFeed;
 
     public AbstractFeedFetcher() {
-        fetcherEventListeners = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet<FetcherListener>());
+
+        listeners = Collections.synchronizedSet(new HashSet<FetcherListener>());
 
         final Properties props = new Properties(System.getProperties());
         final String resourceName = "fetcher.properties";
 
         try {
+
             InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
             if (inputStream == null) {
                 inputStream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(resourceName);
             }
+
             if (inputStream != null) {
                 props.load(inputStream);
                 System.getProperties().putAll(props);
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
             } else {
                 LOG.warn("Could not find {} on classpath", resourceName);
             }
+
         } catch (final IOException e) {
             // do nothing - we don't want to fail just because we could not find the version
             LOG.error("Error reading {} from classpath: {}", resourceName, e.getMessage());
@@ -117,8 +121,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
      */
     protected void fireEvent(final String eventType, final String urlStr, final SyndFeed feed) {
         final FetcherEvent fetcherEvent = new FetcherEvent(this, urlStr, eventType, feed);
-        synchronized (fetcherEventListeners) {
-            for (final FetcherListener fetcherEventListener : fetcherEventListeners) {
+        synchronized (listeners) {
+            for (final FetcherListener fetcherEventListener : listeners) {
                 fetcherEventListener.fetcherEvent(fetcherEvent);
             }
         }
@@ -127,14 +131,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
     @Override
     public void addFetcherEventListener(final FetcherListener listener) {
         if (listener != null) {
-            fetcherEventListeners.add(listener);
+            listeners.add(listener);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void removeFetcherEventListener(final FetcherListener listener) {
         if (listener != null) {
-            fetcherEventListeners.remove(listener);
+            listeners.remove(listener);
         }
     }
 
@@ -198,9 +202,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractFeedFetcher implements FeedFetcher {
      * @return
      */
     public static SyndFeed combineFeeds(final SyndFeed originalFeed, final SyndFeed newFeed) {
-        SyndFeed result;
         try {
-            result = (SyndFeed) newFeed.clone();
+            final SyndFeed result = (SyndFeed) newFeed.clone();
             result.getEntries().addAll(result.getEntries().size(), originalFeed.getEntries());
             return result;
         } catch (final CloneNotSupportedException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcherBeanInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcherBeanInfo.java
index a040745..5bac21e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcherBeanInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rometools/fetcher/impl/AbstractFeedFetcherBeanInfo.java
@@ -11,22 +11,23 @@ public class AbstractFeedFetcherBeanInfo extends SimpleBeanInfo {
 
     @Override
     public EventSetDescriptor[] getEventSetDescriptors() {
+
         try {
-            final Class<AbstractFeedFetcher> clz = AbstractFeedFetcher.class; // get the class
-                                                                              // object which we'll
-                                                                              // describe
+
+            // get the class object which we'll describe
+            final Class<AbstractFeedFetcher> clz = AbstractFeedFetcher.class;
             final Method addMethod = clz.getMethod("addFetcherEventListener", new Class[] { FetcherListener.class });
             final Method removeMethod = clz.getMethod("removeFetcherEventListener", new Class[] { FetcherListener.class });
             final Method listenerMethod = FetcherListener.class.getMethod("fetcherEvent", new Class[] { FetcherEvent.class });
             final EventSetDescriptor est = new EventSetDescriptor("fetcherEvent", clz, new Method[] { listenerMethod }, addMethod, removeMethod);
-            final EventSetDescriptor[] results = new EventSetDescriptor[] { est };
-            return results;
+            return new EventSetDescriptor[] { est };
+
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             // IntrospectionException, SecurityException and/or NoSuchMethodException can be thrown
-            // here
-            // the best we can do is to convert them to runtime exceptions
+            // here. The best we can do is to convert them to runtime exceptions
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
+
     }
 
 }