diff --git a/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_prepare_xml_for_gracedb b/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_prepare_xml_for_gracedb
index 7f2a9afcea1..bb2d2c6626f 100755
--- a/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_prepare_xml_for_gracedb
+++ b/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_prepare_xml_for_gracedb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Ian Harry
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Ian Harry, Gareth Cabourn Davies
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
diff --git a/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_upload_single_event_to_gracedb b/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_upload_single_event_to_gracedb
index dd2a9f68c89..c83b35c8cc1 100755
--- a/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_upload_single_event_to_gracedb
+++ b/bin/all_sky_search/pycbc_upload_single_event_to_gracedb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Ian Harry
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Ian Harry, Gareth Cabourn Davies
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
diff --git a/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_foreground_minifollowup b/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_foreground_minifollowup
index 3c043b122c6..4a2375678c2 100644
--- a/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_foreground_minifollowup
+++ b/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_foreground_minifollowup
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ wf.add_workflow_command_line_group(parser)
 wf.add_workflow_settings_cli(parser, include_subdax_opts=True)
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s : %(message)s',
                     level=logging.INFO)
 
diff --git a/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_upload_prep_minifollowup b/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_upload_prep_minifollowup
index 6be27cae3f3..b6355e9c7c3 100644
--- a/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_upload_prep_minifollowup
+++ b/bin/minifollowups/pycbc_upload_prep_minifollowup
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/env python
-# Copyright (C) 2015 Alexander Harvey Nitz
+# Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Alexander Harvey Nitz, Gareth Cabourn Davies
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 # with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
-""" Followup foreground events
+""" Prepare files for upload to GraceDB for foreground events
 """
 import os, sys, argparse, logging, re, h5py, pycbc.workflow as wf
 from pycbc.results import layout
diff --git a/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow b/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow
index 2ab27b32d25..9b686f7a574 100755
--- a/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow
+++ b/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ layout.two_column_layout(rdir['background_triggers'], closed_page)
 # run minifollowups on the output of the loudest events
 mfup_dir_fg = rdir['open_box_result/loudest_events_followup']
 mfup_dir_bg = rdir['background_triggers/loudest_background_followup']
-
 wf.setup_foreground_minifollowups(workflow, combined_bg_file,
                                   full_insps, hdfbank, insp_files_seg_file,
                                   data_analysed_name, trig_generated_name,
diff --git a/examples/search/plotting.ini b/examples/search/plotting.ini
index f8f0b8584af..b8ea0dfe306 100644
--- a/examples/search/plotting.ini
+++ b/examples/search/plotting.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [pycbc_ifar_catalog]
 [workflow-minifollowups]
 num-events=1
-upload-prep-threshold = 0.00001
 
 [workflow-sngl_minifollowups]
 num-sngl-events=1