diff --git a/blog.py b/blog.py
index 41882116..3216f9b8 100644
--- a/blog.py
+++ b/blog.py
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ def getBlogIndexesForAccounts(baseDir: str) -> {}:
             blogsIndex = accountDir + '/tlblogs.index'
             if os.path.isfile(blogsIndex):
                 blogIndexes[acct] = blogsIndex
+        break
     return blogIndexes
 
 
@@ -639,6 +640,7 @@ def noOfBlogAccounts(baseDir: str) -> int:
             blogsIndex = accountDir + '/tlblogs.index'
             if os.path.isfile(blogsIndex):
                 ctr += 1
+        break
     return ctr
 
 
@@ -655,6 +657,7 @@ def singleBlogAccountNickname(baseDir: str) -> str:
             blogsIndex = accountDir + '/tlblogs.index'
             if os.path.isfile(blogsIndex):
                 return acct.split('@')[0]
+        break
     return None
 
 
@@ -698,6 +701,7 @@ def htmlBlogView(authorized: bool,
                     httpPrefix + '://' + domainFull + '/blog/' + \
                     acct.split('@')[0] + '">' + acct + '</a>'
                 blogStr += '</p>'
+        break
 
     return blogStr + htmlFooter()
 
diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 0465c469..cb8add17 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -4789,6 +4789,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                      port,
                                      maxPostsInRSSFeed, 1,
                                      False)
+            break
         if msg:
             msg = rss2Header(httpPrefix,
                              'news', domainFull,
@@ -12133,6 +12134,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     contentJson = loadJson(deviceFilename)
                     if contentJson:
                         devicesList.append(contentJson)
+                break
             # return the list of devices for this handle
             msg = \
                 json.dumps(devicesList,
@@ -12932,6 +12934,7 @@ def loadTokens(baseDir: str, tokensDict: {}, tokensLookup: {}) -> None:
                     continue
                 tokensDict[nickname] = token
                 tokensLookup[token] = nickname
+        break
 
 
 def runDaemon(dormantMonths: int,
diff --git a/delete.py b/delete.py
index 3b195db7..58dbd5d2 100644
--- a/delete.py
+++ b/delete.py
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ def removeOldHashtags(baseDir: str, maxMonths: int) -> str:
             # check of the file is too old
             if fileDaysSinceEpoch < maxDaysSinceEpoch:
                 removeHashtags.append(tagsFilename)
+        break
 
     for removeFilename in removeHashtags:
         try:
diff --git a/devices.py b/devices.py
index 69c8d2ca..3f0ef52b 100644
--- a/devices.py
+++ b/devices.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def E2EEdevicesCollection(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
             devJson = loadJson(deviceFilename)
             if devJson:
                 deviceList.append(devJson)
+        break
 
     devicesDict = {
         'id': personId + '/collections/devices',
diff --git a/follow.py b/follow.py
index 53349f05..a8b2bd89 100644
--- a/follow.py
+++ b/follow.py
@@ -1203,6 +1203,7 @@ def getFollowersOfActor(baseDir: str, actor: str, debug: bool) -> {}:
                             print('DEBUG: ' + account +
                                   ' follows ' + actorHandle)
                         recipientsDict[account] = None
+        break
     return recipientsDict
 
 
diff --git a/inbox.py b/inbox.py
index 0489aff7..4772a763 100644
--- a/inbox.py
+++ b/inbox.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ def validInbox(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str) -> bool:
             if 'postNickname' in open(filename).read():
                 print('queue file incorrectly saved to ' + filename)
                 return False
+        break
     return True
 
 
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ def validInboxFilenames(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
                 print('Expected: ' + expectedStr)
                 print('Invalid filename: ' + filename)
                 return False
+        break
     return True
 
 
@@ -2471,6 +2473,7 @@ def clearQueueItems(baseDir: str, queue: []) -> None:
                         ctr += 1
                     except BaseException:
                         pass
+        break
     if ctr > 0:
         print('Removed ' + str(ctr) + ' inbox queue items')
 
@@ -2487,6 +2490,7 @@ def restoreQueueItems(baseDir: str, queue: []) -> None:
             for queuesubdir, queuedirs, queuefiles in os.walk(queueDir):
                 for qfile in queuefiles:
                     queue.append(os.path.join(queueDir, qfile))
+        break
     if len(queue) > 0:
         print('Restored ' + str(len(queue)) + ' inbox queue items')
 
diff --git a/media.py b/media.py
index 2163820d..df6409f7 100644
--- a/media.py
+++ b/media.py
@@ -221,3 +221,4 @@ def archiveMedia(baseDir: str, archiveDirectory: str, maxWeeks=4) -> None:
                 else:
                     # archive to /dev/null
                     rmtree(os.path.join(baseDir + '/media', weekDir))
+        break
diff --git a/migrate.py b/migrate.py
index 6fb8bee2..4b04d852 100644
--- a/migrate.py
+++ b/migrate.py
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ def migrateAccount(baseDir: str, oldHandle: str, newHandle: str) -> None:
                 migrateFollows(followFilename, oldHandle, newHandle)
                 followFilename = accountDir + '/followers.txt'
                 migrateFollows(followFilename, oldHandle, newHandle)
+        break
diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index 144e7854..a71ee2bf 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ def addBlogsToNewswire(baseDir: str, domain: str, newswire: {},
                 addAccountBlogsToNewswire(baseDir, nickname, domain,
                                           newswire, maxBlogsPerAccount,
                                           blogsIndex, maxTags)
+        break
 
     # sort the moderation dict into chronological order, latest first
     sortedModerationDict = \
diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index b5c3cd3b..b35c0505 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -3195,6 +3195,7 @@ def archivePosts(baseDir: str, httpPrefix: str, archiveDir: str,
                 archivePostsForPerson(httpPrefix, nickname, domain, baseDir,
                                       'outbox', archiveSubdir,
                                       recentPostsCache, maxPostsInBox)
+        break
 
 
 def archivePostsForPerson(httpPrefix: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
diff --git a/schedule.py b/schedule.py
index 919ab2b7..c213c4ec 100644
--- a/schedule.py
+++ b/schedule.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def runPostSchedule(baseDir: str, httpd, maxScheduledPosts: int):
                 if not os.path.isfile(scheduleIndexFilename):
                     continue
                 updatePostSchedule(baseDir, account, httpd, maxScheduledPosts)
+        break
 
 
 def runPostScheduleWatchdog(projectVersion: str, httpd) -> None:
diff --git a/shares.py b/shares.py
index 9c9cba29..d4b19b36 100644
--- a/shares.py
+++ b/shares.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ def addShare(baseDir: str,
                                  '/users/' + nickname + '/tlshares')
                 except BaseException:
                     pass
+        break
 
 
 def expireShares(baseDir: str) -> None:
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ def expireShares(baseDir: str) -> None:
             nickname = account.split('@')[0]
             domain = account.split('@')[1]
             expireSharesForAccount(baseDir, nickname, domain)
+        break
 
 
 def expireSharesForAccount(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str) -> None:
diff --git a/theme.py b/theme.py
index 4f85a9d5..bc34fe1c 100644
--- a/theme.py
+++ b/theme.py
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ def setThemeImages(baseDir: str, name: str) -> None:
                             os.remove(accountDir + '/right_col_image.png')
                 except BaseException:
                     pass
+        break
 
 
 def setNewsAvatar(baseDir: str, name: str,
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 84c001a2..4fd05450 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ def getHashtagCategories(baseDir: str, recent=False, category=None) -> None:
                 else:
                     if hashtag not in hashtagCategories[categoryStr]:
                         hashtagCategories[categoryStr].append(hashtag)
+        break
     return hashtagCategories
 
 
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ def getFollowersOfPerson(baseDir: str,
                         if account not in followers:
                             followers.append(account)
                         break
+        break
     return followers
 
 
@@ -932,6 +934,7 @@ def clearFromPostCaches(baseDir: str, recentPostsCache: {},
             if recentPostsCache.get('html'):
                 if recentPostsCache['html'].get(postId):
                     del recentPostsCache['html'][postId]
+        break
 
 
 def locatePost(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
@@ -1195,6 +1198,7 @@ def noOfAccounts(baseDir: str) -> bool:
             if '@' in account:
                 if not account.startswith('inbox@'):
                     accountCtr += 1
+        break
     return accountCtr
 
 
@@ -1217,6 +1221,7 @@ def noOfActiveAccountsMonthly(baseDir: str, months: int) -> bool:
                                 timeDiff = (currTime - int(lastUsed))
                                 if timeDiff < monthSeconds:
                                     accountCtr += 1
+        break
     return accountCtr
 
 
@@ -1493,6 +1498,7 @@ def searchBoxPosts(baseDir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
                 res.append(filePath)
                 if len(res) >= maxResults:
                     return res
+        break
     return res
 
 
diff --git a/webapp_hashtagswarm.py b/webapp_hashtagswarm.py
index 37e51060..3dd92f54 100644
--- a/webapp_hashtagswarm.py
+++ b/webapp_hashtagswarm.py
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ def htmlHashTagSwarm(baseDir: str, actor: str, translate: {}) -> str:
                             if categoryStr not in categorySwarm:
                                 categorySwarm.append(categoryStr)
                         break
+        break
 
     if not tagSwarm:
         return ''
diff --git a/webapp_search.py b/webapp_search.py
index 378fa653..13d8ea87 100644
--- a/webapp_search.py
+++ b/webapp_search.py
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ def htmlSearchSharedItems(cssCache: {}, translate: {},
                             sharedItemsForm += '</form>\n'
                             break
                         ctr = 0
+        break
     if not resultsExist:
         sharedItemsForm += \
             '<center><h5>' + translate['No results'] + '</h5></center>\n'
@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ def htmlSkillsSearch(actor: str,
                             ';' + actorJson['icon']['url']
                         if indexStr not in results:
                             results.append(indexStr)
+        break
     if not instanceOnly:
         # search actor cache
         for subdir, dirs, files in os.walk(baseDir + '/cache/actors/'):
@@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ def htmlSkillsSearch(actor: str,
                                     ';' + actorJson['icon']['url']
                                 if indexStr not in results:
                                     results.append(indexStr)
+            break
 
     results.sort(reverse=True)
 
diff --git a/webapp_utils.py b/webapp_utils.py
index ce54a0f4..f70d7603 100644
--- a/webapp_utils.py
+++ b/webapp_utils.py
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ def sharesTimelineJson(actor: str, pageNumber: int, itemsPerPage: int,
                 ctr += 1
                 if ctr >= maxSharesPerAccount:
                     break
+        break
     # sort the shared items in descending order of publication date
     sharesJson = OrderedDict(sorted(allSharesJson.items(), reverse=True))
     lastPage = False