diff --git a/lib/Request.php b/lib/Request.php
index 5f25e7f3..48472bcb 100644
--- a/lib/Request.php
+++ b/lib/Request.php
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ class Request
 
         foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {
             // only return if value is empty and key matches RegEx
-            if (($value === "") and preg_match($pasteIdRegEx, $key, $match)) {
+            if (($value === '') and preg_match($pasteIdRegEx, $key, $match)) {
                 return $match[0];
-            };
+            }
         }
 
         return 'invalid id';
diff --git a/tst/ControllerTest.php b/tst/ControllerTest.php
index 6c6f5758..88d53016 100644
--- a/tst/ControllerTest.php
+++ b/tst/ControllerTest.php
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testReadInvalidId()
     {
         $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']          = 'foo';
-        $_GET["foo"]                      = '';
+        $_GET['foo']                      = '';
         $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] = 'JSONHttpRequest';
         ob_start();
         new Controller;
diff --git a/tst/RequestTest.php b/tst/RequestTest.php
index b23104f5..e5567d6f 100644
--- a/tst/RequestTest.php
+++ b/tst/RequestTest.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class RequestTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']        = 'POST';
         $_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] = 'JSONHttpRequest';
         $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']          = $id;
-        $_GET                             = [$id => ''];
+        $_GET                             = array($id => '');
         $_POST['deletetoken']             = 'bar';
         $request                          = new Request;
         $this->assertTrue($request->isJsonApiCall(), 'is JSON Api call');