diff --git a/src/cmd/serve.rs b/src/cmd/serve.rs
index 87da4c3..e84c5eb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/serve.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/serve.rs
@@ -155,22 +155,18 @@ fn is_temp_file(path: &Path) -> bool {
             x if x.ends_with("jb_tmp___") => true,
             x if x.ends_with("jb_bak___") => true,
             // vim
-            x if x.ends_with("~") => true,
+            x if x.ends_with('~') => true,
             _ => {
                 if let Some(filename) = path.file_stem() {
                     // emacs
-                    filename.to_str().unwrap().starts_with("#")
+                    filename.to_str().unwrap().starts_with('#')
                 } else {
                     false
                 }
             }
         },
         None => {
-            if path.ends_with(".DS_STORE") {
-                true
-            } else {
-                false
-            }
+            path.ends_with(".DS_STORE")
         },
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/front_matter.rs b/src/front_matter.rs
index ca5349b..b94827e 100644
--- a/src/front_matter.rs
+++ b/src/front_matter.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl FrontMatter {
     pub fn parse_date(&self) -> Option<NaiveDateTime> {
         match self.date {
             Some(ref d) => {
-                if d.contains("T") {
+                if d.contains('T') {
                     DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(d).ok().and_then(|s| Some(s.naive_local()))
                 } else {
                     NaiveDate::parse_from_str(d, "%Y-%m-%d").ok().and_then(|s| Some(s.and_hms(0,0,0)))
diff --git a/src/markdown.rs b/src/markdown.rs
index f1fe3bb..8bc6d33 100644
--- a/src/markdown.rs
+++ b/src/markdown.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for CodeHighlightingParser<'a> {
                     .and_then(|lang| SETUP.syntax_set.find_syntax_by_token(lang))
                     .unwrap_or_else(|| SETUP.syntax_set.find_syntax_plain_text());
                 self.highlighter = Some(
-                    HighlightLines::new(&syntax, &SETUP.theme_set.themes["base16-ocean.dark"])
+                    HighlightLines::new(syntax, &SETUP.theme_set.themes["base16-ocean.dark"])
                 );
                 let snippet = start_coloured_html_snippet(&SETUP.theme_set.themes["base16-ocean.dark"]);
                 Some(Event::Html(Owned(snippet)))
diff --git a/src/page.rs b/src/page.rs
index 4f004bf..5863dde 100644
--- a/src/page.rs
+++ b/src/page.rs
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ use markdown::markdown_to_html;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref PAGE_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"^\n?\+\+\+\n((?s).*(?-s))\+\+\+\n((?s).*(?-s))$").unwrap();
-    static ref SUMMARY_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"<!-- more -->").unwrap();
-    static ref CODE_BLOCK_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"```").unwrap();
 }
 
 
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ impl Page {
         let content = &caps[2];
 
         // 3. create our page, parse front matter and assign all of that
-        let meta = FrontMatter::parse(&front_matter)
+        let meta = FrontMatter::parse(front_matter)
             .chain_err(|| format!("Error when parsing front matter of file `{}`", filepath))?;
 
         let mut page = Page::new(meta);
@@ -120,15 +118,17 @@ impl Page {
         // if we see a code block in the content, we assume that this page needs
         // to be highlighted. It could potentially have false positive if the content
         // has ``` in it but that seems kind of unlikely
-        let mut should_highlight = config.highlight_code.unwrap();
-        if should_highlight {
-            should_highlight = CODE_BLOCK_RE.is_match(&page.raw_content);
-        }
+        let should_highlight = if config.highlight_code.unwrap() {
+            page.raw_content.contains("```")
+        } else {
+            false
+        };
+
         page.content = markdown_to_html(&page.raw_content, should_highlight);
 
         if page.raw_content.contains("<!-- more -->") {
             page.summary = {
-                let summary = SUMMARY_RE.split(&page.raw_content).collect::<Vec<&str>>()[0];
+                let summary = page.raw_content.splitn(2, "<!-- more -->").collect::<Vec<&str>>()[0];
                 markdown_to_html(summary, should_highlight)
             }
         }
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ impl Page {
             if !page.sections.is_empty() {
                 page.url = format!("{}/{}", page.sections.join("/"), page.slug);
             } else {
-                page.url = format!("{}", page.slug);
+                page.url = page.slug.clone();
             }
         }
-        page.permalink = if config.base_url.ends_with("/") {
+        page.permalink = if config.base_url.ends_with('/') {
             format!("{}{}", config.base_url, page.url)
         } else {
             format!("{}/{}", config.base_url, page.url)
diff --git a/src/site.rs b/src/site.rs
index 0094982..dd433d9 100644
--- a/src/site.rs
+++ b/src/site.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl Site {
             let page = Page::from_file(&entry.as_path(), &self.config)?;
 
             for section in &page.sections {
-                self.sections.entry(section.clone()).or_insert(vec![]).push(page.slug.clone());
+                self.sections.entry(section.clone()).or_insert_with(|| vec![]).push(page.slug.clone());
             }
 
             self.pages.insert(page.slug.clone(), page);
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ impl Site {
             pages.push(page);
 
             if let Some(ref category) = page.meta.category {
-                category_pages.entry(category.to_string()).or_insert(vec![]).push(page);
+                category_pages.entry(category.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| vec![]).push(page);
             }
             if let Some(ref tags) = page.meta.tags {
                 for tag in tags {
-                    tag_pages.entry(tag.to_string()).or_insert(vec![]).push(page);
+                    tag_pages.entry(tag.to_string()).or_insert_with(|| vec![]).push(page);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ impl Site {
         context.add("last_build_date", &pages[0].meta.date);
         context.add("config", &self.config);
 
-        let rss_feed_url = if self.config.base_url.ends_with("/") {
+        let rss_feed_url = if self.config.base_url.ends_with('/') {
             format!("{}{}", self.config.base_url, "feed.xml")
         } else {
             format!("{}/{}", self.config.base_url, "feed.xml")
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 23f509a..d028072 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn create_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P, content: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Very similar to create_dir from the std except it checks if the folder
+/// Very similar to `create_dir` from the std except it checks if the folder
 /// exists before creating it
 pub fn create_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<()> {
     let path = path.as_ref();