diff --git a/lua/pending/parse.lua b/lua/pending/parse.lua
index b72214f..ebe909a 100644
--- a/lua/pending/parse.lua
+++ b/lua/pending/parse.lua
@@ -10,19 +10,18 @@ local function is_valid_date(s)
   if not y then
     return false
   end
-  y, m, d =
-    tonumber(y), --[[@as integer]]
-    tonumber(m), --[[@as integer]]
-    tonumber(d) --[[@as integer]]
-  if m < 1 or m > 12 then
+  local yn = tonumber(y) --[[@as integer]]
+  local mn = tonumber(m) --[[@as integer]]
+  local dn = tonumber(d) --[[@as integer]]
+  if mn < 1 or mn > 12 then
     return false
   end
-  if d < 1 or d > 31 then
+  if dn < 1 or dn > 31 then
     return false
   end
-  local t = os.time({ year = y, month = m, day = d })
+  local t = os.time({ year = yn, month = mn, day = dn })
   local check = os.date('*t', t) --[[@as osdate]]
-  return check.year == y and check.month == m and check.day == d
+  return check.year == yn and check.month == mn and check.day == dn
 end
 
 ---@return string
diff --git a/lua/pending/sync/gcal.lua b/lua/pending/sync/gcal.lua
index f3c84e2..6635575 100644
--- a/lua/pending/sync/gcal.lua
+++ b/lua/pending/sync/gcal.lua
@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ end
 ---@param str string
 ---@return string
 local function url_encode(str)
-  return str:gsub('([^%w%-%.%_%~])', function(c)
-    return string.format('%%%02X', string.byte(c))
-  end)
+  return (
+    str:gsub('([^%w%-%.%_%~])', function(c)
+      return string.format('%%%02X', string.byte(c))
+    end)
+  )
 end
 
 ---@param method string
@@ -449,8 +451,8 @@ function M.sync()
   end
 
   local calendar_id, err = find_or_create_calendar(access_token)
-  if err then
-    vim.notify('pending.nvim: ' .. err, vim.log.levels.ERROR)
+  if err or not calendar_id then
+    vim.notify('pending.nvim: ' .. (err or 'calendar not found'), vim.log.levels.ERROR)
     return
   end