diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/settings.py b/network-api/networkapi/settings.py
index 893379cbb47..1bd53a8b4ab 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/settings.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/settings.py
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
     USE_S3=(bool, True),
     USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST=(bool, False),
     WAGTAILIMAGES_INDEX_PAGE_SIZE=(int, 60),
-    WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_URL=(str,''),
-    WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_CLONE_DIR=(str,''),
-    WAGTAIL_LOCALIZE_PRIVATE_KEY=(str,''),
+    WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_URL=(str, ''),
+    WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_CLONE_DIR=(str, ''),
+    WAGTAIL_LOCALIZE_PRIVATE_KEY=(str, ''),
     WEB_MONETIZATION_POINTER=(str, ''),
     XROBOTSTAG_ENABLED=(bool, False),
     XSS_PROTECTION=bool,
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@
     ('pl', gettext_lazy('Polish')),
 )
 
-WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_URL=env('WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_URL')
-WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_CLONE_DIR=env('WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_CLONE_DIR')
-WAGTAIL_LOCALIZE_PRIVATE_KEY=env('WAGTAIL_LOCALIZE_PRIVATE_KEY')
+WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_URL = env('WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_URL')
+WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_CLONE_DIR = env('WAGTAILLOCALIZE_GIT_CLONE_DIR')
+WAGTAIL_LOCALIZE_PRIVATE_KEY = env('WAGTAIL_LOCALIZE_PRIVATE_KEY')
 
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
 USE_I18N = True
diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/urls.py b/network-api/networkapi/urls.py
index b3b3e4de07e..f8660c1b8cc 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/urls.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/urls.py
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@
 
 # Use a custom 500 handler if and only if Django refuses to give any stack
 # traces for server error 500... And even then, do not use this on prod.
-if settings.FORCE_500_STACK_TRACES == True:
+if settings.FORCE_500_STACK_TRACES is True:
     handler500 = 'networkapi.utility.custom_url_handlers.server_error_500_handler'
diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/utility/custom_url_handlers.py b/network-api/networkapi/utility/custom_url_handlers.py
index 553328983cc..675d7a32064 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/utility/custom_url_handlers.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/utility/custom_url_handlers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-import sys, traceback
+import sys
+import traceback
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
+
 def server_error_500_handler(request):
     type, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
 
diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog.py b/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog.py
index 427320cc31e..4287274cd2d 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     StreamFieldPanel,
 )
 from wagtail.core import blocks
-from wagtail.core.models import Orderable, Page
+from wagtail.core.models import Orderable, Locale, Page
 from wagtail.core.fields import StreamField
 from wagtail.snippets.edit_handlers import SnippetChooserPanel
 
@@ -125,11 +125,8 @@ def get_context(self, request):
         context['show_comments'] = settings.USE_COMMENTO and self.feature_comments
 
         # Pull this object specifically using the English page title
-        blog_page = BlogIndexPage.objects.get(title__iexact='Blog')
-
-        # If that doesn't yield the blog page, pull using the universal title
-        if blog_page is None:
-            blog_page = BlogIndexPage.objects.get(title__iexact='Blog')
+        default_locale = Locale.objects.get(language_code=settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
+        blog_page = BlogIndexPage.objects.get(title__iexact='Blog', locale=default_locale)
 
         if blog_page:
             context['blog_index'] = blog_page
diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog_index.py b/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog_index.py
index 936faeeec2b..31dcb300eec 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog_index.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/pagemodels/blog/blog_index.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class BlogIndexPage(IndexPage):
             'featured_pages',
             label='Featured',
             help_text='Choose two blog pages to feature',
-            min_num=2,
+            min_num=0,
             max_num=2,
         )
     ]