diff --git a/hardware/blinkstick/76-blinkstick.js b/hardware/blinkstick/76-blinkstick.js
index 0c1859f1..25fea9f9 100644
--- a/hardware/blinkstick/76-blinkstick.js
+++ b/hardware/blinkstick/76-blinkstick.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     //Helper function to convert decimal number to hex with padding
     function decimalToHex(d, padding) {
         var hex = Number(d).toString(16);
-        padding = typeof (padding) === "undefined" || padding === null ? padding = 2 : padding;
+        padding = (typeof padding === "undefined" || padding === null) ? 2 : padding;
 
         while (hex.length < padding) {
             hex = "0" + hex;
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     }
 
     function validateInt(value, defaultValue) {
-        return typeof (value) === "undefined" || value === null ? value = defaultValue : parseInt(value);
+        return (typeof value === "undefined" || value === null) ? defaultValue : parseInt(value);
     }
 
     function validate(value, defaultValue) {
-        return typeof (value) === "undefined" || value === null ? value = defaultValue : value;
+        return (typeof value === "undefined" || value === null) ? defaultValue : value;
     }
 
     function validateArray(value, defaultValue) {
-        return typeof (value) === "undefined" || Array.isArray(value) ? value : defaultValue;
+        return (typeof value === "undefined" || Array.isArray(value)) ? value : defaultValue;
     }
 
     function validatePayloadObject (obj) {
diff --git a/hardware/blinkstick/blinkstick.js b/hardware/blinkstick/blinkstick.js
index 389dd605..2018e355 100644
--- a/hardware/blinkstick/blinkstick.js
+++ b/hardware/blinkstick/blinkstick.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
 
     function BlinkStick(n) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
-        var p1 = /^\#[A-Fa-f0-9]{6}$/
+        //var p1 = /^\#[A-Fa-f0-9]{6}$/
         var p2 = /[0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+/
         this.led = blinkstick.findFirst(); // maybe try findAll() (one day)
         var node = this;