diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 83a30f5..ff46ed3 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ ignore=CVS,.vscode,.history
 
 # Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
 # ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
-# format. Because '\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems, it
-# can't be used as an escape character.
+# format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems,
+# it can't be used as an escape character.
 ignore-paths=
 
 # Files or directories matching the regular expression patterns are skipped.
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ exclude-protected=_asdict,
 valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
 
 # List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
-valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
 
 
 [DESIGN]
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ min-public-methods=2
 [EXCEPTIONS]
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
-overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
-                       Exception
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,
+                       builtins.Exception
 
 
 [FORMAT]
diff --git a/nvitop/api/device.py b/nvitop/api/device.py
index 620d2ba..f3512be 100644
--- a/nvitop/api/device.py
+++ b/nvitop/api/device.py
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ class Device:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes,too-many-public-me
         """
         if (index, uuid, bus_id).count(None) != 2:
             raise TypeError(
-                'Device(index=None, uuid=None, bus_id=None) takes 1 non-None arguments '
-                'but (index, uuid, bus_id) = {!r} were given'.format((index, uuid, bus_id))
+                f'Device(index=None, uuid=None, bus_id=None) takes 1 non-None arguments '
+                f'but (index, uuid, bus_id) = {(index, uuid, bus_id)!r} were given'
             )
 
         if cls is not Device:
@@ -784,15 +784,11 @@ class Device:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes,too-many-public-me
         if self._cuda_index is None:
             visible_device_indices = self.parse_cuda_visible_devices()
             try:
-                cuda_index = visible_device_indices.index(self.index)
+                self._cuda_index = visible_device_indices.index(self.index)
             except ValueError as ex:
                 raise RuntimeError(
-                    'CUDA Error: Device(index={}) is not visible to CUDA applications'.format(
-                        self.index
-                    )
+                    f'CUDA Error: Device(index={self.index}) is not visible to CUDA applications'
                 ) from ex
-            else:
-                self._cuda_index = cuda_index
 
         return self._cuda_index
 
diff --git a/nvitop/api/libnvml.py b/nvitop/api/libnvml.py
index f1e8a4a..1cc0a55 100644
--- a/nvitop/api/libnvml.py
+++ b/nvitop/api/libnvml.py
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ def nvmlInitWithFlags(flags: int) -> None:  # pylint: disable=function-redefined
 
         LOGGER.critical(message)
         raise
-    else:
-        with __lock:
-            __flags.append(flags)
-            __initialized = True
+
+    with __lock:
+        __flags.append(flags)
+        __initialized = True
 
 
 def nvmlShutdown() -> None:  # pylint: disable=function-redefined
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ def nvmlQuery(
         if ignore_errors:
             return default
         raise
-    else:
-        if isinstance(retval, bytes):
-            retval = retval.decode('UTF-8')
-        return retval
+
+    if isinstance(retval, bytes):
+        retval = retval.decode('UTF-8')
+    return retval
 
 
 def nvmlCheckReturn(
diff --git a/nvitop/callbacks/keras.py b/nvitop/callbacks/keras.py
index d3ea674..e51903d 100644
--- a/nvitop/callbacks/keras.py
+++ b/nvitop/callbacks/keras.py
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ class GpuStatsLogger(Callback):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
             self._devices = get_devices_by_logical_ids(gpu_ids, unique=True)
         except (libnvml.NVMLError, RuntimeError) as ex:
             raise ValueError(
-                'Cannot use GpuStatsLogger callback because devices unavailable. '
-                'Received: `gpus={}`'.format(gpu_ids)
+                f'Cannot use GpuStatsLogger callback because devices unavailable. '
+                f'Received: `gpus={gpu_ids}`'
             ) from ex
 
         self._memory_utilization = memory_utilization
diff --git a/nvitop/callbacks/pytorch_lightning.py b/nvitop/callbacks/pytorch_lightning.py
index 86fc633..30f9f39 100644
--- a/nvitop/callbacks/pytorch_lightning.py
+++ b/nvitop/callbacks/pytorch_lightning.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class GpuStatsLogger(Callback):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 
         if trainer.strategy.root_device.type != 'cuda':
             raise MisconfigurationException(
-                'You are using GpuStatsLogger but are not running on GPU. '
-                'The root device type is {}.'.format(trainer.strategy.root_device.type)
+                f'You are using GpuStatsLogger but are not running on GPU. '
+                f'The root device type is {trainer.strategy.root_device.type}.'
             )
 
         device_ids = trainer.data_parallel_device_ids
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ class GpuStatsLogger(Callback):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
             self._devices = get_devices_by_logical_ids(device_ids, unique=True)
         except (libnvml.NVMLError, RuntimeError) as ex:
             raise ValueError(
-                'Cannot use GpuStatsLogger callback because devices unavailable. '
-                'Received: `gpus={}`'.format(device_ids)
+                f'Cannot use GpuStatsLogger callback because devices unavailable. '
+                f'Received: `gpus={device_ids}`'
             ) from ex
 
     def on_train_epoch_start(self, trainer, pl_module) -> None:
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/library/keybinding.py b/nvitop/gui/library/keybinding.py
index 64096c0..3aeba74 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/library/keybinding.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/library/keybinding.py
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ def key_to_string(key):
     if key in range(33, 127):
         return chr(key)
     if key in REVERSED_SPECIAL_KEYS:
-        return '<%s>' % REVERSED_SPECIAL_KEYS[key]
-    return '<%s>' % str(key)
+        return f'<{REVERSED_SPECIAL_KEYS[key]}>'
+    return f'<{key}>'
 
 
 def construct_keybinding(keys):
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def construct_keybinding(keys):
             continue
         if alt_key_on:
             try:
-                strings.append('<%s>' % REVERSED_SPECIAL_KEYS[(ALT_KEY, key)])
+                strings.append(f'<{REVERSED_SPECIAL_KEYS[(ALT_KEY, key)]}>')
             except KeyError:
                 strings.extend(map(key_to_string, (ALT_KEY, key)))
         else:
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class KeyMaps(dict):
                 pointer = pointer[key]
             except KeyError as ex:
                 raise KeyError(
-                    "Tried to copy the keybinding `%s', but it was not found." % source
+                    f'Tried to copy the keybinding `{source}`, but it was not found.'
                 ) from ex
         try:
             self.bind(context, target, copy.deepcopy(pointer))
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/library/libcurses.py b/nvitop/gui/library/libcurses.py
index c23223e..22365da 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/library/libcurses.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/library/libcurses.py
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ class CursesShortcuts:
             self.win.attrset(attr)
         except curses.error:
             return 0
-        else:
-            return attr
+        return attr
 
     def update_size(self, termsize=None):
         if termsize is None:
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/library/messagebox.py b/nvitop/gui/library/messagebox.py
index 37d478c..c7e7869 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/library/messagebox.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/library/messagebox.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ def send_signal(signal, panel):
         processes = [process.ljust(maxlen) for process in processes]
         message = 'Send signal to the following processes?\n\n{}'.format(' '.join(processes))
 
+    # pylint: disable=use-dict-literal
     panel.root.messagebox = MessageBox(
         message=message,
         options=[
@@ -325,3 +326,4 @@ def send_signal(signal, panel):
         win=panel.win,
         root=panel.root,
     )
+    # pylint: enable=use-dict-literal
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/screens/environ.py b/nvitop/gui/screens/environ.py
index 533f82b..61f6411 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/screens/environ.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/screens/environ.py
@@ -145,15 +145,13 @@ class EnvironScreen(Displayable):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attribute
         self.color_reset()
 
         if isinstance(self.process, GpuProcess):
-            process_type = 'GPU: {}'.format(
-                self.process.type.replace('C', 'Compute').replace('G', 'Graphics')
+            process_type = 'GPU: ' + self.process.type.replace('C', 'Compute').replace(
+                'G', 'Graphics'
             )
         else:
             process_type = 'Host'
         header_prefix = WideString(
-            'Environment of process {} ({}@{}): '.format(
-                self.process.pid, self.username, process_type
-            )
+            f'Environment of process {self.process.pid} ({self.username}@{process_type}): '
         )
         offset = max(0, min(self.x_offset, len(self.command) + len(header_prefix) - self.width))
         header = str((header_prefix + self.command[offset:]).ljust(self.width)[: self.width])
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/screens/main/__init__.py b/nvitop/gui/screens/main/__init__.py
index 6234be6..250cbdc 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/screens/main/__init__.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/screens/main/__init__.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class MainScreen(DisplayableContainer):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-att
             sort_by(order=ProcessPanel.ORDERS[self.process_panel.order].next, reverse=False)
 
         def order_reverse():
-            sort_by(order=self.process_panel.order, reverse=(not self.process_panel.reverse))
+            sort_by(order=self.process_panel.order, reverse=not self.process_panel.reverse)
 
         keymaps = self.root.keymaps
 
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/screens/main/device.py b/nvitop/gui/screens/main/device.py
index 87c53a9..8b86a88 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/screens/main/device.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/screens/main/device.py
@@ -138,9 +138,7 @@ class DevicePanel(Displayable):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
                     if device.bar1_memory_percent >= 100:
                         device.bar1_memory_percent_string = 'MAX'
                     else:
-                        device.bar1_memory_percent_string = '{}%'.format(
-                            round(device.bar1_memory_percent)
-                        )
+                        device.bar1_memory_percent_string = f'{round(device.bar1_memory_percent)}%'
             else:
                 device.name = cut_string(device.name, maxlen=18, padstr='..', align='right')
                 device.current_driver_model = device.current_driver_model.replace('WDM', 'TCC')
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/screens/main/host.py b/nvitop/gui/screens/main/host.py
index 272b0e4..36caf33 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/screens/main/host.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/screens/main/host.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class HostPanel(Displayable):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
                 baseline=0.0,
                 upperbound=100.0,
                 dynamic_bound=False,
-                format=lambda x: ('GPU {} MEM: {}').format(device.display_index, percentage(x)),
+                format=lambda x: f'GPU {device.display_index} MEM: {percentage(x)}',
             )(device.memory_percent)
             device.gpu_utilization = BufferedHistoryGraph(
                 interval=1.0,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class HostPanel(Displayable):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
                 baseline=0.0,
                 upperbound=100.0,
                 dynamic_bound=False,
-                format=lambda x: ('GPU {} UTL: {}').format(device.display_index, percentage(x)),
+                format=lambda x: f'GPU {device.display_index} UTL: {percentage(x)}',
             )(device.gpu_utilization)
 
         for device in self.devices:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class HostPanel(Displayable):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
             baseline=0.0,
             upperbound=100.0,
             dynamic_bound=False,
-            format=lambda x: ('{}GPU MEM: {}').format(prefix, percentage(x)),
+            format=lambda x: f'{prefix}GPU MEM: {percentage(x)}',
         )
         self.average_gpu_utilization = BufferedHistoryGraph(
             interval=1.0,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class HostPanel(Displayable):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
             baseline=0.0,
             upperbound=100.0,
             dynamic_bound=False,
-            format=lambda x: ('{}GPU UTL: {}').format(prefix, percentage(x)),
+            format=lambda x: f'{prefix}GPU UTL: {percentage(x)}',
         )
 
     def take_snapshots(self):
diff --git a/nvitop/gui/ui.py b/nvitop/gui/ui.py
index 257e1fe..8c2b6b4 100644
--- a/nvitop/gui/ui.py
+++ b/nvitop/gui/ui.py
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ class UI(DisplayableContainer):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
             return
 
         n_term_lines, n_term_cols = self.termsize
-        message = 'nvitop needs at least a width of 79 to render, the current width is {}.'.format(
-            self.width
+        message = (
+            f'nvitop needs at least a width of 79 to render, the current width is {self.width}.'
         )
         words = iter(message.split())
         width = min(max(n_term_cols, 40), n_term_cols, 60) - 10
@@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ class UI(DisplayableContainer):  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
             event = MouseEvent(curses.getmouse())
         except curses.error:
             return
-        else:
-            super().click(event)
+        super().click(event)
 
     def handle_key(self, key):
         """Handles key input"""