diff --git a/core/core-flycheck.el b/core/core-flycheck.el
index 01ee60a0f..196ca270c 100644
--- a/core/core-flycheck.el
+++ b/core/core-flycheck.el
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   (setq flycheck-indication-mode 'right-fringe
         ;; Removed checks on idle/change for snappiness
         flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save mode-enabled)
+        flycheck-highlighting-mode 'symbols
         flycheck-disabled-checkers '(emacs-lisp emacs-lisp-checkdoc make))
 
   :config
diff --git a/core/core-scratch.el b/core/core-scratch.el
index 85594b15a..e2ad66cd8 100644
--- a/core/core-scratch.el
+++ b/core/core-scratch.el
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
        (concat
         (propertize
          (concat
-          (make-string (min 3 (truncate (/ height 5))) ?\n)
+          (make-string (min 5 (truncate (/ height 5))) ?\n)
           lead "=================     ===============     ===============   ========  ========\n"
           lead "\\\\ . . . . . . .\\\\   //. . . . . . .\\\\   //. . . . . . .\\\\  \\\\. . .\\\\// . . //\n"
           lead "||. . ._____. . .|| ||. . ._____. . .|| ||. . ._____. . .|| || . . .\\/ . . .||\n"
diff --git a/core/core-workgroups.el b/core/core-workgroups.el
index 5ad25924c..8c9896b70 100644
--- a/core/core-workgroups.el
+++ b/core/core-workgroups.el
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 defuns/defuns-workgroups.el.")
 
 (defvar doom-wg-names '()
-  "A list of fixed names for workgroups. If a name is set, workgroup names aren't
-automatically renamed to the project name.")
+  "A list of fixed names for workgroups. If a name is set, workgroup names
+aren't automatically renamed to the project name.")
 
 (use-package workgroups2
   :when window-system
diff --git a/core/core-yasnippet.el b/core/core-yasnippet.el
index 11ed24161..a13c9563e 100644
--- a/core/core-yasnippet.el
+++ b/core/core-yasnippet.el
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
 
 (use-package auto-yasnippet
   :commands (aya-create aya-expand aya-open-line aya-persist-snippet)
-  :config
-  (setq aya-persist-snippets-dir (concat doom-private-dir "auto-snippets/")))
+  :config (setq aya-persist-snippets-dir (concat doom-private-dir "auto-snippets/")))
 
 (provide 'core-yasnippet)
 ;;; core-yasnippet.el ends here
diff --git a/core/defuns/defuns-buffers.el b/core/defuns/defuns-buffers.el
index 50a9df100..18d2d19b1 100644
--- a/core/defuns/defuns-buffers.el
+++ b/core/defuns/defuns-buffers.el
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ the buffer if it is being displayed in another window."
         (unless (doom/real-buffer-p (current-buffer))
           (doom/previous-real-buffer))
         (when (get-buffer-window-list doom-buffer nil t)
-          (doom|update-scratch-buffer new-dir))))))
+          (doom|update-scratch-buffer new-dir)))))
+    t)
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/kill-unreal-buffers ()
diff --git a/core/defuns/defuns-helm.el b/core/defuns/defuns-helm.el
index 4bc79cf3c..87ee5cc64 100644
--- a/core/defuns/defuns-helm.el
+++ b/core/defuns/defuns-helm.el
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 ;;;###autoload (autoload 'doom:helm-recentf "defuns-helm" nil t)
 (evil-define-command doom:helm-recentf (&optional bang)
-  "Ex-mode interface for `helm-recentf' and `helm-projectile-recentf'. If
- `bang', then `search' is interpreted as regexp."
+  "Ex-mode interface for `helm-recentf' and `helm-projectile-recentf'."
   :repeat nil
   (interactive "<!>")
   (if bang (helm-recentf) (helm-projectile-recentf)))
@@ -57,12 +56,14 @@ DIR specifies the default-directory from which ag is run."
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/helm-find-in-emacsd ()
   (interactive)
-  (in! doom-emacs-dir (helm-projectile-find-file)))
+  (let ((default-directory doom-emacs-dir))
+    (helm-projectile-find-file)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/helm-find-in-dotfiles ()
   (interactive)
-  (in! (expand-file-name ".dotfiles" "~") (helm-projectile-find-file)))
+  (let ((default-directory (expand-file-name ".dotfiles" "~")))
+    (helm-projectile-find-file)))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun doom/helm-buffers-dwim (&optional all-p)