diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a21f7ab75c9870f504e4f48a9f659f4e2192eb94..7f22686cd043f1f7cbe87f71da9c3f0632e055aa 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-alerta_ui_version: '7.0.1'
+alerta_ui_version: 7.0.1
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index db51e0acf16796c5aa03da4d1ba20c3b410a242c..e79788d5eebf69d2502c566a88e8d098a19a6f29 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- name: "Restart uwsgi"
+- name: Restart uwsgi
   service:
-    name: 'uwsgi'
-    state: 'restarted'
+    name: uwsgi
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/tasks/alerta.yml b/tasks/alerta.yml
index 24c0ecd07723cbeeb4892390093415e1c9ca0744..8e82625c190c93b8e4048bf5555a15d7a156d030 100644
--- a/tasks/alerta.yml
+++ b/tasks/alerta.yml
@@ -1,130 +1,133 @@
 ---
 # file: roles/alerta/tasks/alerta.yml
 
-- name: "Ensure packages"
+- name: Ensure packages
   apt:
     pkg: '{{ packages }}'
-    state: 'present'
+    state: present
   vars:
     packages:
-      - 'python-pip'
-      - 'python-dev'
-      - 'python3-dev'
-      - 'libpq-dev'
+      - python-pip
+      - python-dev
+      - python3-dev
+      - libpq-dev
 
-- name: "Ensure PIP packages"
+- name: Ensure PIP packages
   pip:
     name: '{{ packages }}'
-    state: 'present'
+    state: present
   vars:
     packages:
-      - 'alerta-server'
-      - 'alerta'
-      - 'uwsgi'
-      - 'python-gitlab'
+      - alerta-server
+      - alerta
+      - uwsgi
+      - python-gitlab
 
-- name: "Remove directories for web UI"
+- name: Remove directories for web UI
   file:
     path: '{{ item }}'
-    state: 'absent'
+    state: absent
   with_items:
-    - '/var/www/alerta'
-    - '/tmp/angular-alerta-webui-master'
+    - /var/www/alerta
+    - /tmp/angular-alerta-webui-master
 
 # docker run -d -v "/var/www/alerta/config.json:/usr/share/nginx/html/config.json" --restart=always -it -p 8999:80 --name alerta-beta alerta/alerta-beta
 
-- name: "Download and extract web UI"
+- name: Download and extract web UI
   unarchive:
-    src: 'https://github.com/alerta/angular-alerta-webui/archive/v{{ alerta_ui_version }}.zip'
-    dest: '/tmp'
+    src: https://github.com/alerta/angular-alerta-webui/archive/v{{ alerta_ui_version }}.zip
+    dest: /tmp
     remote_src: yes
 
-- name: "Move new web UI"
-  command: 'mv /tmp/angular-alerta-webui-{{ alerta_ui_version }}/app /var/www/alerta'
+- name: Move new web UI
+  command: mv /tmp/angular-alerta-webui-{{ alerta_ui_version }}/app /var/www/alerta
   args:
-    creates: '/var/www/alerta'
-    removes: '/tmp/angular-alerta-webui-{{ alerta_ui_version }}/app'
+    creates: /var/www/alerta
+    removes: /tmp/angular-alerta-webui-{{ alerta_ui_version }}/app
 
-- name: "Copy wsgi.py"
+- name: Copy wsgi.py
   template:
-    src: 'wsgi.py'
-    dest: '/var/www/alerta/wsgi.py'
+    src: wsgi.py
+    dest: /var/www/alerta/wsgi.py
 
-- name: "Copy uwsgi.ini"
+- name: Copy uwsgi.ini
   template:
-    src: 'uwsgi.ini'
-    dest: '/etc/uwsgi.ini'
+    src: uwsgi.ini
+    dest: /etc/uwsgi.ini
 
-- name: "Copy uwsgi.service"
+- name: Copy uwsgi.service
   template:
-    src: 'uwsgi.service'
-    dest: '/etc/systemd/system/uwsgi.service'
+    src: uwsgi.service
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/uwsgi.service
 
-- name: "Prepare uwsgi for autostart"
+- name: Prepare uwsgi for autostart
   systemd:
-    name: 'uwsgi'
-    state: 'restarted'
+    name: uwsgi
+    state: restarted
     enabled: yes
     daemon_reload: yes
 
-- name: "Copy nginx default config"
+- name: Copy nginx default config
   template:
-    src: 'nginx.default'
-    dest: '/etc/nginx/sites-available/default'
+    src: nginx.default
+    dest: /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
   notify:
     - "Restart nginx"
 
-- name: "Copy config.js"
+- name: Copy config.js
   template:
     src: '{{ item }}'
-    dest: '/var/www/alerta/{{ item }}'
+    dest: /var/www/alerta/{{ item }}
   with_items:
-    - 'config.js'
-    - 'config.json'
+    - config.js
+    - config.json
 
-- name: "Copy alertad.conf"
+- name: Copy alertad.conf
   template:
-    src: 'alertad.conf'
-    dest: '/etc/alertad.conf'
+    src: alertad.conf
+    dest: /etc/alertad.conf
   notify:
     - "Restart uwsgi"
 
-- name: "Configure root CLI"
+- name: Configure root CLI
   template:
-    src: 'alerta.conf'
-    dest: '/root/.alerta.conf'
+    src: alerta.conf
+    dest: /root/.alerta.conf
 
-- name: "Configure crontabs"
+- name: Configure crontabs
   cron:
     name: '{{ item.name }}'
     minute: '{{ item.minute }}'
     job: '{{ item.job }} >/dev/null 2>&1'
     disabled: '{{ crons_disabled|default(false) }}'
   with_items:
-    - name: 'Heartbeats to Alert'
-      minute: '*/3'
-      job: '/usr/local/bin/alerta heartbeats --alert'
-    - name: 'Alerta Housekeeping'
-      minute: '0'
-      job: '/usr/local/bin/alerta housekeeping'
-  tags: 'cron'
-
-- name: "Copy Gitlab plugin"
+    - name: Heartbeats to Alert
+      minute: */3
+      job: /usr/local/bin/alerta heartbeats --alert
+    - name: Alerta Housekeeping
+      minute: 0
+      job: /usr/local/bin/alerta housekeeping
+  tags:
+    - cron
+
+- name: Copy Gitlab plugin
   template:
-    src: 'gitlab/{{ item }}'
-    dest: '/tmp/{{ item }}'
+    src: gitlab/{{ item }}
+    dest: /tmp/{{ item }}
   with_items:
-    - 'alerta_gitlab.py'
-    - 'setup.py'
-  tags: 'plugin'
+    - alerta_gitlab.py
+    - setup.py
+  tags:
+    - plugin
 
-- name: "Install Gitlab plugin"
-  command: 'python3 setup.py install'
+- name: Install Gitlab plugin
+  command: python3 setup.py install
   args:
-    chdir: '/tmp'
-  tags: 'plugin'
+    chdir: /tmp
+  tags:
+    - plugin
 
-- name: "Copy favicon.ico"
+- name: Copy favicon.ico
   copy:
     src: '{{ inventory_dir }}/files/favicon.ico'
-    dest: '/var/www/alerta/favicon.ico'
+    dest: /var/www/alerta/favicon.ico
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ec58fa4cf06e88f906b7d5a0658911d298bafea8..84817dd833896ef79b868309b312619c5eb49d66 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@
 ---
 # file: roles/alerta/tasks/main.yml
 
-- name: "Alerta Role"
-  set_fact: role_alerta_started=true
-  tags: 'always'
+- name: Alerta Role
+  set_fact:
+    role_alerta_started: yes
+  tags:
+    - always
 
 - block:
 
   - import_tasks: alerta.yml
 
-  - name: 'Remember that this role had been run'
-    set_fact: role_alerta_completed=true
-    tags: 'always'
+  - name: Remember that this role had been run
+    set_fact:
+      role_alerta_completed: yes
+    tags:
+      - always
 
-  when: '"alerta" not in excluded_roles and role_alerta_completed is not defined'
+  when: not excluded_roles or "alerta" not in excluded_roles and role_alerta_completed is not defined
diff --git a/templates/gitlab/alerta_gitlab.py b/templates/gitlab/alerta_gitlab.py
index 4e6c1d505e2ebae8093cea114d64360a916f0c26..fe23a07b0d4c1e0fac2837e6c76824766712c2dc 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab/alerta_gitlab.py
+++ b/templates/gitlab/alerta_gitlab.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class GitlabIssue(PluginBase):
                         raw_data = alert.raw_data
                     issue = project.issues.create({
                         'title': alert.text[0:128],
-                        'description': '{}/alert/{}\n\nService: {}\n\nOrigin: {}\n\n```\n{}\n```\n'.format(ALERTA_URL, alert.id, alert.service, alert.origin, raw_data)
+                        'description': {}/alert/{}\n\nService: {}\n\nOrigin: {}\n\n```\n{}\n```\n.format(ALERTA_URL, alert.id, alert.service, alert.origin, raw_data)
                     }) # type: gitlab.Issue
                     alert.attributes['issue_iid'] = issue.id
                     alert.attributes['gitlabUrl'] = '<a href="{}" target="_blank">Issue #{}</a>'.format(