diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4508dce..342dd55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 1.1.4
 - Locks mutex when sending websocket messages
+- Fix py3.8 stricter linting errors
 
 1.1.3
 - Adds ability to specify channel_filter in client
diff --git a/bfxapi/rest/bfx_rest.py b/bfxapi/rest/bfx_rest.py
index 8e2eb56..4125ea6 100644
--- a/bfxapi/rest/bfx_rest.py
+++ b/bfxapi/rest/bfx_rest.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class BfxRest:
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
             async with session.get(url) as resp:
                 text = await resp.text()
-                if resp.status is not 200:
+                if resp.status != 200:
                     raise Exception('GET {} failed with status {} - {}'
                                     .format(url, resp.status, text))
                 parsed = json.loads(text, parse_float=self.parse_float)
diff --git a/bfxapi/websockets/order_manager.py b/bfxapi/websockets/order_manager.py
index 0033813..9ec3c93 100644
--- a/bfxapi/websockets/order_manager.py
+++ b/bfxapi/websockets/order_manager.py
@@ -131,19 +131,19 @@ class OrderManager:
         flags = calculate_order_flags(hidden, close, reduce_only, post_only, oco)
         payload['flags'] = flags
         # add extra parameters
-        if price_trailing is not None:
+        if price_trailing != None:
             payload['price_trailing'] = price_trailing
-        if price_aux_limit is not None:
+        if price_aux_limit != None:
             payload['price_aux_limit'] = price_aux_limit
-        if oco_stop_price is not None:
+        if oco_stop_price != None:
             payload['price_oco_stop'] = str(oco_stop_price)
-        if time_in_force is not None:
+        if time_in_force != None:
             payload['tif'] = time_in_force
-        if gid is not None:
+        if gid != None:
             payload['gid'] = gid
-        if leverage is not None:
+        if leverage != None:
             payload['lev'] = str(leverage)
-        if aff_code is not None:
+        if aff_code != None:
             payload['meta']['aff_code'] = str(aff_code)
         # submit the order
         self.pending_orders[cid] = payload
@@ -180,19 +180,19 @@ class OrderManager:
         """
         self._create_callback(orderId, onConfirm, self.pending_update_confirm_callbacks)
         payload = {"id": orderId}
-        if price is not None:
+        if price != None:
             payload['price'] = str(price)
-        if amount is not None:
+        if amount != None:
             payload['amount'] = str(amount)
-        if delta is not None:
+        if delta != None:
             payload['delta'] = str(delta)
-        if price_aux_limit is not None:
+        if price_aux_limit != None:
             payload['price_aux_limit'] = str(price_aux_limit)
-        if price_trailing is not None:
+        if price_trailing != None:
             payload['price_trailing'] = str(price_trailing)
-        if time_in_force is not None:
+        if time_in_force != None:
             payload['time_in_force'] = str(time_in_force)
-        if leverage is not None:
+        if leverage != None:
             payload['lev'] = str(leverage)
         flags = calculate_order_flags(
             hidden, close, reduce_only, post_only, False)