diff --git a/app/models/alchemy/node.rb b/app/models/alchemy/node.rb
index d737d3cd74..fc21f9b6db 100644
--- a/app/models/alchemy/node.rb
+++ b/app/models/alchemy/node.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def available_menu_names
       #
       def read_definitions_file
         if ::File.exist?(definitions_file_path)
-          ::YAML.safe_load(File.read(definitions_file_path)) || []
+          ::YAML.safe_load_file(definitions_file_path) || []
         else
           raise LoadError, "Could not find menus.yml file! Please run `rails generate alchemy:install`"
         end
diff --git a/lib/alchemy/i18n.rb b/lib/alchemy/i18n.rb
index 5e97abf841..148166f974 100644
--- a/lib/alchemy/i18n.rb
+++ b/lib/alchemy/i18n.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class << self
     #
     #     Alchemy.t(:hello)
     #
-    def t(msg, **kwargs)
-      Alchemy::I18n.translate(msg, **kwargs)
+    def t(msg, **)
+      Alchemy::I18n.translate(msg, **)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 5ef2fb3717..c1e840a958 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require_relative "./spec_helper"
+require_relative "spec_helper"
 
 # Configure Rails Environment
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"