diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/codemod/update_file_to_remove_function.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/codemod/update_file_to_remove_function.py
index 82d571fa9..bc975c7c5 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/codemod/update_file_to_remove_function.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/codemod/update_file_to_remove_function.py
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
+"""This is used by bin/codemod/remove_all_unused_functions to remove a function from a file."""
 from bowler import Query
-from bowler.types import Leaf
 
 # This came about because vulture (actually dead, from the list of Similar programs at https://pypi.org/project/vulture/)
 # actually found unused stuff, and I wanted to remove it.
 # See also https://github.com/craigds/decrapify
 
+
 def remove_function(filename: str, function_name: str) -> None:
+    """Does the dirty work of actually removing the function from the file in place, or failing if it cannot."""
 
     def remove_statement(node, capture, filename):
         node.remove()
 
-    bowler_query = (Query(filename)
+    bowler_query = (
+        Query(filename)
         .select_function(function_name)
         .modify(remove_statement)
-        .execute(write=True, silent=True, interactive=False))
+        .execute(write=True, silent=True, interactive=False)
+    )
 
     if len(bowler_query.exceptions) > 0:
         print(f"Failed to remove function {function_name} from {filename}.")
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py
index 1392c1118..0780f2097 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/import_tickets_for_command_line.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_processor import (
 from spiffworkflow_backend.services.process_instance_service import (
     ProcessInstanceService,
 )
+
+
 def main():
     """Main."""
     app = get_hacked_up_app_for_script()
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
index 8c308e03f..addab68fc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/config/default.py
@@ -153,3 +153,9 @@ SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_FEATURE_ELEMENT_UNITS_ENABLED = (
 SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ELEMENT_UNITS_CACHE_DIR = environ.get(
     "SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_ELEMENT_UNITS_CACHE_DIR", default=None
 )
+
+# adds the ProxyFix to Flask on http by processing the 'X-Forwarded-Proto' header
+# to make SpiffWorkflow aware that it should return https for the server urls etc rather than http.
+SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_USE_WERKZEUG_MIDDLEWARE_PROXY_FIX = (
+    environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_USE_WERKZEUG_MIDDLEWARE_PROXY_FIX", default="false") == "true"
+)
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/wsgi.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/wsgi.py
index 7d9d954d8..f2d6d87d7 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/wsgi.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/wsgi.py
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ from spiffworkflow_backend.services.acceptance_test_fixtures import (
 )
 
 app = create_app()
-if os.environ.get("SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_USE_WERKZEUG_MIDDLEWARE_PROXY_FIX") == "true":
+
+if app.config["SPIFFWORKFLOW_BACKEND_USE_WERKZEUG_MIDDLEWARE_PROXY_FIX"]:
     from werkzeug.middleware.proxy_fix import ProxyFix
+
     app.wsgi_app = ProxyFix(app.wsgi_app, x_proto=1)
 
 # this is in here because when we put it in the create_app function,