diff --git a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/OpDispenser.java b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/OpDispenser.java
index 753d23f33..95429896d 100644
--- a/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/OpDispenser.java
+++ b/adapters-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityimpl/OpDispenser.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import java.util.function.LongFunction;
 public interface OpDispenser<T> extends LongFunction<T> {
 
     /**
-     * The apply method in an op dispenser should do all of the work of
+     * The apply method in an op dispenser should do all the work of
      * creating an operation that is executable by some other caller.
      * The value produced by the apply method should not require
      * additional processing if a caller wants to execute the operation
diff --git a/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/StatementsLoader.java b/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/StatementsLoader.java
index a1477ab88..5a84ce10e 100644
--- a/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/StatementsLoader.java
+++ b/engine-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/api/activityconfig/StatementsLoader.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class StatementsLoader {
 
     private final static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(StatementsLoader.class);
 
+
     public enum Loader {
         original,
         generified
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ public class StatementsLoader {
         String transformed = transformer.apply(statement);
         RawStmtsDocList rawStmtsDocList = RawStmtsDocList.forSingleStatement(transformed);
         return new StmtsDocList(rawStmtsDocList);
-
     }
 
     public static StmtsDocList loadPath(
diff --git a/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsManager.java b/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsManager.java
index 9feb434b1..ca6ed2ddd 100644
--- a/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsManager.java
+++ b/engine-docker/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/docker/DockerMetricsManager.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class DockerMetricsManager {
         List<String> linkNames = new ArrayList();
         dh.startDocker(PROMETHEUS_IMG, tag, name, port, volumeDescList, envList, cmdList, reload, linkNames);
 
-        logger.info("prometheus started and listenning");
+        logger.info("prometheus started and listening");
     }
 
     private String startGraphite() {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class DockerMetricsManager {
             }
         }
 
-        volumeDescList.add(mappingPath.toString() + ":/tmp/graphite_mapping.conf");
+        volumeDescList.add(mappingPath + ":/tmp/graphite_mapping.conf");
 
     }
 
diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/NBConfiguration.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/NBConfiguration.java
index 414b3c2e7..1ee9923dd 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/NBConfiguration.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/config/standard/NBConfiguration.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class NBConfiguration {
+
     private final LinkedHashMap<String, Object> data;
     private final NBConfigModel model;