diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 57c0368..d48f27c 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl Database {
         let pod_id = stmt.query_row::<i64, _, _>(params![podcast.url], |row| row.get(0))?;
         let mut ep_ids = Vec::new();
         for ep in podcast.episodes.iter().rev() {
-            let id = self.insert_episode(pod_id, &ep)?;
+            let id = self.insert_episode(pod_id, ep)?;
             let new_ep = NewEpisode {
                 id: id,
                 pod_id: pod_id,
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ impl Database {
                     }
                 }
                 None => {
-                    let id = self.insert_episode(podcast_id, &new_ep)?;
+                    let id = self.insert_episode(podcast_id, new_ep)?;
                     let new_ep = NewEpisode {
                         id: id,
                         pod_id: podcast_id,
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ impl Database {
                 url: row.get("url")?,
                 guid: row
                     .get::<&str, Option<String>>("guid")?
-                    .unwrap_or("".to_string()),
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "".to_string()),
                 description: row.get("description")?,
                 pubdate: convert_date(row.get("pubdate")),
                 duration: row.get("duration")?,
diff --git a/src/feeds.rs b/src/feeds.rs
index 1e7ac2b..5e4482b 100644
--- a/src/feeds.rs
+++ b/src/feeds.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ fn parse_episode_data(item: &Item) -> EpisodeNoId {
 fn duration_to_int(duration: Option<&str>) -> Option<i32> {
     match duration {
         Some(dur) => {
-            match RE_DURATION.captures(&dur) {
+            match RE_DURATION.captures(dur) {
                 Some(cap) => {
                     /*
                      * Provided that the regex succeeds, we should have
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b4c5546..f1388c9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ fn import(db_path: &Path, config: Config, args: &clap::ArgMatches) -> Result<()>
 /// Exports all podcasts to OPML format, either printing to stdout or
 /// exporting to a file.
 fn export(db_path: &Path, args: &clap::ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
-    let db_inst = Database::connect(&db_path)?;
+    let db_inst = Database::connect(db_path)?;
     let podcast_list = db_inst.get_podcasts()?;
     let opml = opml::export(podcast_list);
 
diff --git a/src/main_controller.rs b/src/main_controller.rs
index 8008930..053fb44 100644
--- a/src/main_controller.rs
+++ b/src/main_controller.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use crate::types::*;
 use crate::ui::{Ui, UiMsg};
 
 /// Enum used for communicating with other threads.
+#[allow(clippy::enum_variant_names)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum MainMessage {
     UiUpdateMenus,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ impl MainController {
         let (tx_to_main, rx_to_main) = mpsc::channel();
 
         // get connection to the database
-        let db_inst = Database::connect(&db_path)?;
+        let db_inst = Database::connect(db_path)?;
 
         // set up threadpool
         let threadpool = Threadpool::new(config.simultaneous_downloads);
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ impl MainController {
             // if there is a local file, try to play that
             Some(path) => match path.to_str() {
                 Some(p) => {
-                    if play_file::execute(&self.config.play_command, &p).is_err() {
+                    if play_file::execute(&self.config.play_command, p).is_err() {
                         self.notif_to_ui(
                             "Error: Could not play file. Check configuration.".to_string(),
                             true,
diff --git a/src/ui/colors.rs b/src/ui/colors.rs
index de61b62..fde2e1a 100644
--- a/src/ui/colors.rs
+++ b/src/ui/colors.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ impl AppColors {
             }
             return Err(anyhow!("Invalid color hex code"));
         } else if text.starts_with("rgb") || text.starts_with("RGB") {
-            #[allow(clippy::clippy::from_str_radix_10)]
+            #[allow(clippy::from_str_radix_10)]
             if let Some(cap) = RE_COLOR_RGB.captures(text) {
                 return Ok(Color::Rgb {
                     r: u8::from_str_radix(&cap[1], 10)?,
diff --git a/src/ui/menu.rs b/src/ui/menu.rs
index 400d245..5574af5 100644
--- a/src/ui/menu.rs
+++ b/src/ui/menu.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl<T: Clone + Menuable> Menu<T> {
             // for visible rows, print strings from list
             for i in self.start_row..self.panel.get_rows() {
                 if let Some(elem_id) = order.get(self.get_menu_idx(i)) {
-                    let elem = map.get(&elem_id).expect("Could not retrieve menu item.");
+                    let elem = map.get(elem_id).expect("Could not retrieve menu item.");
 
                     if i == self.selected || !elem.is_played() {
                         let style = if !elem.is_played() {
diff --git a/src/ui/notification.rs b/src/ui/notification.rs
index d260cc8..a5a20d7 100644
--- a/src/ui/notification.rs
+++ b/src/ui/notification.rs
@@ -208,17 +208,15 @@ impl NotifWin {
                         }
                     }
                     KeyCode::Char(c) => {
+                        current_max_x += 1;
+                        cursor_x += 1;
                         if cursor_x < current_max_x {
-                            current_max_x += 1;
-                            cursor_x += 1;
                             inputs.insert(cursor_idx, c);
                             for i in inputs.chars().skip(cursor_idx) {
                                 execute!(io::stdout(), style::Print(i)).unwrap();
                             }
                             execute!(io::stdout(), cursor::MoveTo(cursor_x, self.start_y)).unwrap();
                         } else {
-                            current_max_x += 1;
-                            cursor_x += 1;
                             inputs.push(c);
                             execute!(io::stdout(), style::Print(c)).unwrap();
                         }