diff --git a/core/metric_mixin.py b/core/metric_mixin.py
index a716ca7..b9a133d 100644
--- a/core/metric_mixin.py
+++ b/core/metric_mixin.py
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ def transform(self, outputs):
 
 
 class MetricMixin:
-  @abstractmethod
-  def transform(self, outputs: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> Dict:
-    ...
-
-  def update(self, outputs: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]):
-    results = self.transform(outputs)
-    # Do not try to update if any tensor is empty as a result of stratification.
-    for value in results.values():
-      if torch.is_tensor(value) and not value.nelement():
-        return
-    super().update(**results)
+    @abstractmethod
+    def transform(self, outputs: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> Dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
+        ...
+
+    def update(self, outputs: Dict[str, torch.Tensor]):
+        results = self.transform(outputs)
+        # Do not try to update if any tensor is empty as a result of stratification.
+        if any((torch.is_tensor(value) and not value.nelement()) for value in results.values()):
+            return
+        super().update(**results)
+
 
 
 class TaskMixin:
diff --git a/ml_logging/torch_logging.py b/ml_logging/torch_logging.py
index e791c46..fedabcb 100644
--- a/ml_logging/torch_logging.py
+++ b/ml_logging/torch_logging.py
@@ -17,45 +17,46 @@
 import torch.distributed as dist
 
 
+import functools
+from typing import Optional
+
+import torch.distributed as dist
+
+from absl import logging as absl_logging
+from tml.ml_logging.absl_logging import logging as logging
+
+
 def rank_specific(logger):
-  """Ensures that we only override a given logger once."""
-  if hasattr(logger, "_ALREADY_OVERWRITTEN_TO_BE_RANK_SPECIFIC"):
-    return logger
-
-  def _if_rank(logger_method, limit: Optional[int] = None):
-    if limit:
-      # If we are limiting redundant logs, wrap logging call with a cache
-      # to not execute if already cached.
-      def _wrap(_call):
-        @functools.lru_cache(limit)
-        def _logger_method(*args, **kwargs):
-          _call(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return _logger_method
-
-      logger_method = _wrap(logger_method)
-
-    def _inner(msg, *args, rank: int = 0, **kwargs):
-      if not dist.is_initialized():
-        logger_method(msg, *args, **kwargs)
-      elif dist.get_rank() == rank:
-        logger_method(msg, *args, **kwargs)
-      elif rank < 0:
-        logger_method(f"Rank{dist.get_rank()}: {msg}", *args, **kwargs)
-
-    # Register this stack frame with absl logging so that it doesn't trample logging lines.
-    absl_logging.ABSLLogger.register_frame_to_skip(__file__, _inner.__name__)
-
-    return _inner
-
-  logger.fatal = _if_rank(logger.fatal)
-  logger.error = _if_rank(logger.error)
-  logger.warning = _if_rank(logger.warning, limit=1)
-  logger.info = _if_rank(logger.info)
-  logger.debug = _if_rank(logger.debug)
-  logger.exception = _if_rank(logger.exception)
-
-  logger._ALREADY_OVERWRITTEN_TO_BE_RANK_SPECIFIC = True
+    """Ensures that we only override a given logger once."""
+
+    def _if_rank(logger_method, limit: Optional[int] = None):
+        """Decorator to wrap logger_method and execute only if rank matches."""
+        if limit:
+            @functools.lru_cache(limit)
+            def _logger_method(*args, **kwargs):
+                logger_method(*args, **kwargs)
+            return _logger_method
+
+        def _inner(msg, *args, rank: int = 0, **kwargs):
+            """Inner function to execute logger_method only if rank matches."""
+            if not dist.is_initialized() or dist.get_rank() == rank or rank < 0:
+                logger_method(msg, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        # Register this stack frame with absl logging so that it doesn't trample logging lines.
+        absl_logging.ABSLLogger.register_frame_to_skip(__file__, _inner.__name__)
+
+        return _inner
+
+    logger.fatal = _if_rank(logger.fatal)
+    logger.error = _if_rank(logger.error)
+    logger.warning = _if_rank(logger.warning, limit=1)
+    logger.info = _if_rank(logger.info)
+    logger.debug = _if_rank(logger.debug)
+    logger.exception = _if_rank(logger.exception)
+
+    logger._ALREADY_OVERWRITTEN_TO_BE_RANK_SPECIFIC = True
+
+    return logger if hasattr(logger, "_ALREADY_OVERWRITTEN_TO_BE_RANK_SPECIFIC") else None
 
 
 rank_specific(logging)
diff --git a/optimizers/config.py b/optimizers/config.py
index f5011f0..a1df58e 100644
--- a/optimizers/config.py
+++ b/optimizers/config.py
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ class OptimizerConfig(base_config.BaseConfig):
 
 
 def get_optimizer_algorithm_config(optimizer_config: OptimizerConfig):
-  if optimizer_config.adam is not None:
-    return optimizer_config.adam
-  elif optimizer_config.sgd is not None:
-    return optimizer_config.sgd
-  elif optimizer_config.adagrad is not None:
-    return optimizer_config.adagrad
-  else:
-    raise ValueError(f"No optimizer selected in optimizer_config, passed {optimizer_config}")
+  for optz in (optimizer_config.adam, optimizer_config.sgd, optimizer_config.adagrad):
+    if optz is not None:
+      return optz
+  raise ValueError(f"No optimizer selected in optimizer_config, passed {optimizer_config}")