diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java
index dd22e2fa8..a942f98a3 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdater.java
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class NvdCveUpdater extends BaseUpdater implements CachedWebDataSource {
         //next, move the future future processTasks to just future processTasks
         final Set<Future<ProcessTask>> processFutures = new HashSet<Future<ProcessTask>>(maxUpdates);
         for (Future<Future<ProcessTask>> future : downloadFutures) {
-            Future<ProcessTask> task = null;
+            Future<ProcessTask> task;
             try {
                 task = future.get();
             } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ public class NvdCveUpdater extends BaseUpdater implements CachedWebDataSource {
      * @throws UpdateException Is thrown if there is an issue with the last
      * updated properties file
      */
-    protected final UpdateableNvdCve getUpdatesNeeded() throws MalformedURLException, DownloadFailedException, UpdateException {
-        UpdateableNvdCve updates = null;
+    final UpdateableNvdCve getUpdatesNeeded() throws MalformedURLException, DownloadFailedException, UpdateException {
+        LOGGER.info("starting getUpdatesNeeded() ...");
+        UpdateableNvdCve updates;
         try {
             updates = retrieveCurrentTimestampsFromWeb();
         } catch (InvalidDataException ex) {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java
index 526ae1580..94b115d90 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/update/NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest.java
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@
  */
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.BaseTest;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update.exception.UpdateException;
 import org.owasp.dependencycheck.data.update.nvd.UpdateableNvdCve;
-import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DownloadFailedException;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -31,23 +28,23 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DownloadFailedException;
  */
 public class NvdCveUpdaterIntegrationTest extends BaseTest {
 
-    public NvdCveUpdater getUpdater() throws MalformedURLException, DownloadFailedException, UpdateException {
+    public NvdCveUpdater getUpdater() {
         NvdCveUpdater instance = new NvdCveUpdater();
         instance.initializeExecutorServices();
         return instance;
     }
 
-// test removed as it is duplicative of the EngineIntegrationTest and the NvdCveUpdaterIntergraionTest
-//    /**
-//     * Test of update method, of class StandardUpdate.
-//     */
+    /**
+     * Test of update method.
+     */
     @Test
     public void testUpdate() throws Exception {
         NvdCveUpdater instance = getUpdater();
         instance.update();
     }
+
     /**
-     * Test of updatesNeeded method, of class StandardUpdate.
+     * Test of updatesNeeded method.
      */
     @Test
     public void testUpdatesNeeded() throws Exception {