diff --git a/console/tests.py b/console/tests.py
index 83d02d1e..2fc7bfe1 100644
--- a/console/tests.py
+++ b/console/tests.py
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
+# pylint: disable=no-member
 import importlib.machinery
+import importlib.util
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from accounts.models import UserInstance
-from computes.models import Compute
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
-from instances.models import Instance
 from libvirt import libvirtError
 
+from accounts.models import UserInstance
+from computes.models import Compute
+from instances.models import Instance
+
 # Dynamically load console/novncd script for testing
-NOVNCD_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "novncd"
-novncd_mod = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader("novncd_mod", str(NOVNCD_PATH)).load_module()
+NOVNCD_PATH = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "novncd")
+_loader = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader("novncd_mod", NOVNCD_PATH)
+_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    "novncd_mod", NOVNCD_PATH, loader=_loader
+)
+novncd_mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
+_loader.exec_module(novncd_mod)
 
 
 class ConsoleViewsTestCase(TestCase):
@@ -281,7 +289,6 @@ class ConsoleViewsTestCase(TestCase):
             )
 
 
-
 class NovncdDaemonLogicTestCase(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.get_parser = novncd_mod.get_parser
@@ -296,7 +303,9 @@ class NovncdDaemonLogicTestCase(TestCase):
 
     def test_novncd_parser_custom_arguments(self):
         parser = self.get_parser()
-        opts = parser.parse_args(["-v", "-d", "-H", "192.168.1.100", "-p", "7070", "-c", "/path/to/cert.pem"])
+        opts = parser.parse_args(
+            ["-v", "-d", "-H", "192.168.1.100", "-p", "7070", "-c", "/path/to/cert.pem"]
+        )
         self.assertTrue(opts.verbose)
         self.assertTrue(opts.debug)
         self.assertEqual(opts.host, "192.168.1.100")
@@ -305,7 +314,15 @@ class NovncdDaemonLogicTestCase(TestCase):
 
     @patch.object(novncd_mod, "get_connection_infos")
     def test_compatibility_mixin_token_from_cookie(self, mock_get_info):
-        mock_get_info.return_value = ("host1", 22, "root", 1, "192.168.1.50", 5900, None)
+        mock_get_info.return_value = (
+            "host1",
+            22,
+            "root",
+            1,
+            "192.168.1.50",
+            5900,
+            None,
+        )
 
         handler = self.CompatibilityMixIn()
         handler.headers = {"cookie": "other=123; token=1-uuid-from-cookie; test=456"}
@@ -322,7 +339,15 @@ class NovncdDaemonLogicTestCase(TestCase):
 
     @patch.object(novncd_mod, "get_connection_infos")
     def test_compatibility_mixin_token_from_query_params(self, mock_get_info):
-        mock_get_info.return_value = ("host2", 22, "root", 1, "192.168.1.50", 5901, None)
+        mock_get_info.return_value = (
+            "host2",
+            22,
+            "root",
+            1,
+            "192.168.1.50",
+            5901,
+            None,
+        )
 
         handler = self.CompatibilityMixIn()
         handler.headers = {}
@@ -350,4 +375,6 @@ class NovncdDaemonLogicTestCase(TestCase):
 
         mock_get_info.assert_not_called()
         socket_factory.assert_not_called()
-        handler.msg.assert_called_with("No console token provided in cookie or query parameters")
+        handler.msg.assert_called_with(
+            "No console token provided in cookie or query parameters"
+        )
diff --git a/console/views.py b/console/views.py
index 31df4a5c..1239f6ab 100644
--- a/console/views.py
+++ b/console/views.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,no-member
 import re
 
-from accounts.models import UserInstance
-from appsettings.settings import app_settings
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.http.response import HttpResponseServerError
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from instances.models import Instance
-from django.conf import settings
 from libvirt import libvirtError
+
+from accounts.models import UserInstance
+from appsettings.settings import app_settings
+from instances.models import Instance
 from vrtManager.instance import wvmInstance
 
 
@@ -18,18 +19,20 @@ def console(request):
     :return:
     """
     console_error = None
+    token = ""
+    view_type = "lite"
+    view_only = app_settings.CONSOLE_VIEW_ONLY.lower()
+    scale = app_settings.CONSOLE_SCALE.lower()
+    resize_session = app_settings.CONSOLE_RESIZE_SESSION.lower()
+    clip_viewport = app_settings.CONSOLE_CLIP_VIEWPORT.lower()
 
     if request.method == "GET":
-        token = request.GET.get("token", "")
-        view_type = request.GET.get("view", "lite")
-        view_only = request.GET.get("view_only", app_settings.CONSOLE_VIEW_ONLY.lower())
-        scale = request.GET.get("scale", app_settings.CONSOLE_SCALE.lower())
-        resize_session = request.GET.get(
-            "resize_session", app_settings.CONSOLE_RESIZE_SESSION.lower()
-        )
-        clip_viewport = request.GET.get(
-            "clip_viewport", app_settings.CONSOLE_CLIP_VIEWPORT.lower()
-        )
+        token = request.GET.get("token", token)
+        view_type = request.GET.get("view", view_type)
+        view_only = request.GET.get("view_only", view_only)
+        scale = request.GET.get("scale", scale)
+        resize_session = request.GET.get("resize_session", resize_session)
+        clip_viewport = request.GET.get("clip_viewport", clip_viewport)
 
     try:
         temptoken = token.split("-", 1)