diff --git a/fish-bowl/fishbowl/fishbowl.py b/fish-bowl/fishbowl/fishbowl.py
index 02be24c79..73f11657d 100644
--- a/fish-bowl/fishbowl/fishbowl.py
+++ b/fish-bowl/fishbowl/fishbowl.py
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ def __init__(self, gaffer_connector, generated_directory_path="generated"):
         print("To import operations, predicates and functions, use the following command:")
         print("from " + generated_directory_path + " import *")
 
+    def _write_to_file(self, file_path, data):
+        with open(file_path, "w+") as file:
+            file.write(data)
+
     def __generate_library(self):
 
         if os.path.exists(self.generated_directory_path):
@@ -23,17 +27,17 @@ def __generate_library(self):
 
         os.mkdir(self.generated_directory_path)
 
-        operations_python = self.__generate_operations()
-        functions_python = self.__generate_functions("/graph/config/transformFunctions")
-        predicates_python = self.__generate_functions("/graph/config/filterFunctions")
+        operations_python = self._generate_operations()
+        functions_python = self._generate_functions("/graph/config/transformFunctions")
+        predicates_python = self._generate_functions("/graph/config/filterFunctions")
 
-        write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "functions.py"), functions_python)
-        write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "predicates.py"), predicates_python)
-        write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "operations.py"), operations_python)
-        write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "__init__.py"),
+        self._write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "functions.py"), functions_python)
+        self._write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "predicates.py"), predicates_python)
+        self._write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "operations.py"), operations_python)
+        self._write_to_file(os.path.join(self.generated_directory_path, "__init__.py"),
                       "__all__ = [ \"operations\", \"predicates\", \"functions\" ]\n")
 
-    def __generate_functions(self, path):
+    def _generate_functions(self, path):
         # functions is a list of function classes
         functions = self._gaffer_connector.get(path)
 
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ def __generate_functions(self, path):
 
         return "\n".join(functions_python)
 
-    def __generate_operations(self):
+    def _generate_operations(self):
         operation_summaries = self._gaffer_connector.get("/graph/operations/details")
 
         operations_python = ["from fishbowl.core import *\n\n"]
diff --git a/fish-bowl/fishbowl/util.py b/fish-bowl/fishbowl/util.py
index 697bd556a..97304ee4c 100644
--- a/fish-bowl/fishbowl/util.py
+++ b/fish-bowl/fishbowl/util.py
@@ -1,32 +1,12 @@
-import re
 from fishbowl.core import ToJson
 
-"""
-Convert string from camelCase to snake_case
-"""
-
-
+# JsonConverter
 def camel_to_snake(name):
     s1 = re.sub('(.)([A-Z][a-z]+)', r'\1_\2', name)
     return re.sub('([a-z0-9])([A-Z])', r'\1_\2', s1).lower()
 
 
-"""
-Write data to a file
-"""
-
-
-def write_to_file(file_path, data):
-    file = open(file_path, "w+")
-    file.write(data)
-    file.close()
-
-
-"""
-Returns a json serializable dictionary based off an object
-"""
-
-
+# Move this
 def to_json(obj):
     if obj is None:
         return None
diff --git a/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/requests_client.py b/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/requests_client.py
index f45dee8e8..932bc06c0 100644
--- a/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/requests_client.py
+++ b/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/requests_client.py
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ def perform_request(self, method, target, headers=None, body=None):
             raise ConnectionError(
                 'HTTP error ' + str(error.response.status_code) + ': ' + error.response.text)
 
-        ## TODO: Fix json transform
+        if method == "GET":
+            return response.text
+
         try:
             response_json = response.json()
         except json.JSONDecodeError:
@@ -103,7 +105,5 @@ def perform_request(self, method, target, headers=None, body=None):
 
         return g.JsonConverter.from_json(result)
 
-        #return response.text
-
     def __del__(self):
         self._session.close()
diff --git a/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/urllib_client.py b/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/urllib_client.py
index 22575e3fc..39cfd2ecd 100755
--- a/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/urllib_client.py
+++ b/python-shell/src/gafferpy/client/urllib_client.py
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ def perform_request(self, method, target, headers=None, body=None):
                                 error_body)
             raise ConnectionError(new_error_string)
         
-        ## TODO: Fix json transform
         response_text = response.read().decode('utf-8')
 
+        if method == "GET":
+            return response_text
+
         if self.verbose:
             print('Query response: ' + response_text)
 
@@ -70,5 +72,3 @@ def perform_request(self, method, target, headers=None, body=None):
             result = None
 
         return g.JsonConverter.from_json(result)
-
-        #return response.read().decode('utf-8')