diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index a736b78..7cf7cc2 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ OPACITY="1" #.8
 POSTLANG=""
 #EXPLANATION Activates the translation feature, set the language code for translate or leave blank
 
-# see different voice options: todo: add docs
-VOICE="Matthew" # e.g. en_us_002
-#EXPLANATION sets the voice the TTS uses
-
 TTSCHOICE="Polly"
 #EXPLANATION the backend used for TTS. Without anything specified, the user will be prompted to choose one.
 # IMPORTANT NOTE: if you use translate, you need to set this to googletranslate or tiktok and use custom voice in your language
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 9bb7919..b03c808 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ignored-modules=
 
 # Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
 # pygtk.require().
-init-hook='import sys; sys.path.append("/")'
+#init-hook=
 
 # Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
 # number of processors available to use.