diff --git a/app/adapters/_baseAdapter.js b/app/adapters/_baseAdapter.js
index 4ea1e03d66d542866a2544dbe6eb7c76cc3e32cc..3718ea90110bc3feb682edd3474bcee7b36e393e 100644
--- a/app/adapters/_baseAdapter.js
+++ b/app/adapters/_baseAdapter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 import RESTAdapter from 'ember-data/adapters/rest';
-import FixtureAdapter from 'ember-data-fixture-adapter';
+// import FixtureAdapter from 'ember-data-fixture-adapter';
 import ENV from 'iobserve-ui/config/environment';
 
 export default RESTAdapter.extend({
diff --git a/app/components/time-series-plot.js b/app/components/time-series-plot.js
index f701f5640852c42b6b648b32e1445789ecb8e96f..a43c4243394bc9d72937aedc03c48d06e4c07df7 100644
--- a/app/components/time-series-plot.js
+++ b/app/components/time-series-plot.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 // requires flot.js to be included in vendor.js (via ember-cli-build.js)
 
-const { Component, on, observer, computed, String, get} = Ember;
+const { Component, on, observer, computed, get} = Ember;
 
 export default Component.extend({
     visualisationEvents: Ember.inject.service(),
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default Component.extend({
         this._super(...arguments);
     },
     style: computed('height', function () { // flot requires a fix height
-        return String.htmlSafe(`height: ${this.get('height')}px;`);
+        return Ember.String.htmlSafe(`height: ${this.get('height')}px;`);
     }),
     resize() {
         const plot = this.get('plot');
diff --git a/app/services/architecture-graphing-service.js b/app/services/architecture-graphing-service.js
index baa34752cd3352e81566e8b2710634e960d21aff..3d0ae8bfeff77163fc1b5e528189450c982ba18b 100644
--- a/app/services/architecture-graphing-service.js
+++ b/app/services/architecture-graphing-service.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default Ember.Service.extend({
     });
 
     // services not used in current view
-    const {services, serviceInstances, communications} = prepared;
+    const {services, /* serviceInstances,*/ communications} = prepared;
 
     var network = {
       nodes: [],
diff --git a/app/services/changelog-parser.js b/app/services/changelog-parser.js
index b80262259a37dbc09456b59840e2b8415b5d8150..ff823663570c5cc5959bf85ef5d1b5b659026373 100644
--- a/app/services/changelog-parser.js
+++ b/app/services/changelog-parser.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export default Ember.Service.extend({
             }
             this.get('store').unloadRecord(oldRecord);
         },
-        APPEND(changelog) {
+        APPEND(/*changelog*/) {
             throw new Error('not yet implemented');
         }
     }