diff --git a/tract_querier/query_processor.py b/tract_querier/query_processor.py
index bf4a033..ab5a964 100644
--- a/tract_querier/query_processor.py
+++ b/tract_querier/query_processor.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 from itertools import takewhile
 import fnmatch
 
-from .code_util import DocStringInheritor
-
 
 __all__ = [
     'keywords', 'EvaluateQueries', 'eval_queries',
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ def operation(tract_query_info):
         return operation
 
 
-# @add_metaclass(DocStringInheritor)
 class EvaluateQueries(ast.NodeVisitor):
 
     r"""
@@ -133,7 +130,6 @@ class EvaluateQueries(ast.NodeVisitor):
         the tracts resulting from this query
 
     """
-    __metaclass__ = DocStringInheritor
 
     relative_terms = [
         'anterior_of',
@@ -246,9 +242,7 @@ def visit_Call(self, node):
         if (
             isinstance(node.func, ast.Name) and
             len(node.args) == 1 and
-            len(node.keywords) == 0 and
-            (not hasattr(node, 'starargs') or node.starargs is None) and
-            (not hasattr(node, 'kwargs') or node.kwargs is None)
+            len(node.keywords) == 0
         ):
             if (node.func.id.lower() == 'only'):
                 query_info = self.visit(node.args[0])
diff --git a/tract_querier/shell.py b/tract_querier/shell.py
index e3bd2e8..73898d2 100644
--- a/tract_querier/shell.py
+++ b/tract_querier/shell.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def do_save(self, line):
             )
             self.save_query_visitor.visit(ast.Module(body=body))
         except SyntaxError as e:
-            print(e.value)
+            print(e)
         except TractQuerierSyntaxError as e:
             print(e.value)
         except TractQuerierLabelNotFound as e:
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def default(self, line):
             self.querier.visit(body)
             self.save_query_visitor.visit(body)
         except SyntaxError as e:
-            print(e.value)
+            print(e)
         except TractQuerierSyntaxError as e:
             print(e.value)
         except TractQuerierLabelNotFound as e:
@@ -204,18 +204,7 @@ def default(self, line):
 
     @safe_method
     def names(self):
-        names = []
-        for query in self.querier.evaluated_queries_info.keys():
-            if query.endswith('_left'):
-                names += [
-                    query.replace('_left', '.left'),
-                    query.replace('_left', '.right'),
-                ]
-            elif query.endswith('_right'):
-                pass
-            else:
-                names.append(query)
-        return names
+        return list(self.querier.evaluated_queries_info.keys())
 
     @safe_method
     def completenames(self, text, *ignored):
diff --git a/tract_querier/tests/test_shell.py b/tract_querier/tests/test_shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37c44dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tract_querier/tests/test_shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from .. import shell
+
+
+class EmptySpatialIndexing:
+    crossing_tracts_labels = {}
+    crossing_labels_tracts = {}
+    ending_tracts_labels = ({}, {})
+    ending_labels_tracts = ({}, {})
+    label_bounding_boxes = {}
+    tract_bounding_boxes = {}
+
+
+def test_names():
+    cmd = shell.TractQuerierCmd(
+        EmptySpatialIndexing(),
+        initial_body="a.left = 1\na.right = 2\nb = 1\nc_left = 1\nc_right = 2"
+    )
+    assert sorted(cmd.names()) == [
+        'a.left', 'a.right', 'b', 'c_left', 'c_right'
+    ]
+
+
+def test_syntax_error_is_printed(monkeypatch, capsys):
+    def raise_syntax_error(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(shell, 'queries_preprocess', raise_syntax_error)
+    cmd = shell.TractQuerierCmd(EmptySpatialIndexing())
+    cmd.default('a = (')
+    cmd.do_save('a')
+    out, err = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert out.count('invalid syntax') == 2
+    assert 'Uncaught exception' not in err
diff --git a/tract_querier/tract_math/decorator.py b/tract_querier/tract_math/decorator.py
index 2efeae0..1fa44ee 100644
--- a/tract_querier/tract_math/decorator.py
+++ b/tract_querier/tract_math/decorator.py
@@ -190,11 +190,7 @@ def process_output(output, file_output=None):
             f = open(file_output, 'w')
         writer = csv.DictWriter(f, output.keys(), dialect=dialect)
 
-        if hasattr(writer, 'writeheader'):
-            writer.writeheader()
-        else:
-            header = dict(zip(writer.fieldnames, writer.fieldnames))
-            writer.writerow(header)
+        writer.writeheader()
 
         first_value = next(iter(output.values()))
         if (