diff --git a/bin/plotting/pycbc_page_foreground b/bin/plotting/pycbc_page_foreground
index c994cdbd28a..e5f456fd8b4 100755
--- a/bin/plotting/pycbc_page_foreground
+++ b/bin/plotting/pycbc_page_foreground
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--use-exclusive-ifar', action='store_true',
                     help='Indicate to use exclusive IFAR rather than '
                          'inclusive. Incompatible with '
                          '--use-hierarchical-level.')
-parser.add_argument('--use-hierarchical-level', type=int, default=None,
+parser.add_argument('--use-hierarchical-level', type=int,
                     help='Indicate which FARs to write to the table '
                          'based on the number of hierarchical removals done. '
                          'Choosing None defaults to giving the FARs after '
diff --git a/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow b/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow
index 2fd57dbaf3a..da0db097756 100755
--- a/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow
+++ b/bin/workflows/pycbc_make_offline_search_workflow
@@ -708,19 +708,15 @@ for inj_file, tag in zip(inj_files, inj_tags):
         files_for_combined_injfind.append(file_for_injfind)
 
     # setup the matchedfilter jobs
-    if inj_file is None:
-        # datafind may be different for unknown injections
-        datafind_files_inj, _, analyzable_segs_inj, _ = \
-            wf.setup_datafind_workflow(
-                workflow,
-                ssegs,
-                "datafind",
-                seg_file=science_seg_file,
-                tags=hoft_tags+ctags
-            )
-    else:
-        datafind_files_inj = datafind_files
-        analyzable_segs_inj = analyzable_segs
+    # datafind may be different for unknown injections
+    datafind_files_inj, _, analyzable_segs_inj, _ = \
+        wf.setup_datafind_workflow(
+            workflow,
+            ssegs,
+            "datafind",
+            seg_file=science_seg_file,
+            tags=hoft_tags+ctags
+        )
 
     insps = wf.setup_matchedfltr_workflow(
         workflow,
diff --git a/examples/search/analysis.ini b/examples/search/analysis.ini
index f50d3adb4d8..7438ce0a9a0 100644
--- a/examples/search/analysis.ini
+++ b/examples/search/analysis.ini
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ loudest-keep-values = [-1:5,1:5]
 loudest-keep-values = [-3:5,-1:5]
 
 [coinc-injinj]
-coinc-threshold = 0.0025
 
 [sngls]
 trigger-cuts = newsnr:5.5:lower traditional_chisq:12:upper sigma_multiple:10:upper
diff --git a/pycbc/io/hdf.py b/pycbc/io/hdf.py
index 21fc2a788b5..7ef264a32c8 100644
--- a/pycbc/io/hdf.py
+++ b/pycbc/io/hdf.py
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ def to_coinc_xml_object(self, file_name):
 
         ligolw_utils.write_filename(outdoc, file_name)
 
-    def to_coinc_hdf_object(self, file_name, exclusive=False):
+    def to_coinc_hdf_object(self, file_name):
         ofd = HFile(file_name,'w')
 
         # Some fields are special cases
diff --git a/pycbc/types/config.py b/pycbc/types/config.py
index cdbf67bff95..d2d16d1cba1 100644
--- a/pycbc/types/config.py
+++ b/pycbc/types/config.py
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ def read_ini_file(self, fpath):
 
     def get_subsections(self, section_name):
         """Return a list of subsections for the given section name"""
+        if not self.has_section(section_name):
+            # This section does nto exist - we might hit this if we are
+            # using multiple tags for a section of the config (i.e.
+            # [section-tag-tag])
+            return []
         # Keep only subsection names
         subsections = [
             sec[len(section_name) + 1:]
@@ -279,10 +284,8 @@ def get_subsections(self, section_name):
 
         if len(subsections) > 0:
             return [sec.split("-")[0] for sec in subsections]
-        elif self.has_section(section_name):
-            return [""]
         else:
-            return []
+            return [""]
 
     def perform_extended_interpolation(self):
         """