diff --git a/.github/workflows/ant.yaml b/.github/workflows/ant.yaml
index ffb18c9..de2b75d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ant.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ant.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: leafo/gh-actions-lua@v10
         with:
           luaVersion: '5.3'
+
+      - name: Setup LuaRocks
+        uses: leafo/gh-actions-luarocks@v4.3.0
+
+      - name: Install Luacheck
+        run: luarocks install luacheck
+
       - run: luacheck .
 
   # TODO: add ar-io-sdk e2e tests against lua code to be bundled on changes (e.g. create a new ant, publish it and validate it works with the sdk)
diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index d3579b9..758147f 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 allow_defined = true
 exclude_files = {
-	"src/crypto",
+	"dist/",
 }
 globals = {
 	"Handlers",
diff --git a/spec/setup.lua b/spec/setup.lua
index 2f99a0c..5336958 100644
--- a/spec/setup.lua
+++ b/spec/setup.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package.path = "./src/?.lua;./src/common/?.lua;" .. package.path
 
 _G.ao = {
-	send = function(obj)
+	send = function(_)
 		return true
 	end,
 	id = "test",
@@ -15,8 +15,4 @@ _G.Handlers = {
 	},
 }
 
-os.clock = function()
-	return 0
-end
-
 print("Setup global ao mocks successfully...")
diff --git a/src/common/initialize.lua b/src/common/initialize.lua
index f4f3b9e..ee1c314 100644
--- a/src/common/initialize.lua
+++ b/src/common/initialize.lua
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function initialize.initializeANTState(state)
 end
 
 local function findObject(array, key, value)
-	for i, object in ipairs(array) do
+	for _, object in ipairs(array) do
 		if object[key] == value then
 			return object
 		end
diff --git a/src/common/json.lua b/src/common/json.lua
index d8ee08e..ce0cd80 100644
--- a/src/common/json.lua
+++ b/src/common/json.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ local function escape_char(c)
 	return "\\" .. (escape_char_map[c] or string.format("u%04x", c:byte()))
 end
 
-local function encode_nil(val)
+local function encode_nil()
 	return "null"
 end
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ local function encode_table(val, stack)
 			error("invalid table: sparse array")
 		end
 		-- Encode
-		for i, v in ipairs(val) do
+		for _, v in ipairs(val) do
 			table.insert(res, encode(v, stack))
 		end
 		stack[val] = nil
diff --git a/src/common/main.lua b/src/common/main.lua
index a09c713..8ea17ee 100644
--- a/src/common/main.lua
+++ b/src/common/main.lua
@@ -327,13 +327,13 @@ function ant.init()
 	end)
 
 	Handlers.add(camel(ActionMap.Records), utils.hasMatchingTag("Action", ActionMap.Records), function(msg)
-		local records = records.getRecords()
+		local allRecords = records.getRecords()
 
 		-- Credit-Notice message template, that is sent to the Recipient of the transfer
 		local recordsNotice = {
 			Target = msg.From,
 			Action = "Records-Notice",
-			Data = records,
+			Data = allRecords,
 		}
 
 		-- Add forwarded tags to the records notice messages
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ function ant.init()
 			end
 
 			local srcCodeTxIdStatus, srcCodeTxIdResult = pcall(utils.validateArweaveId, srcCodeTxId)
-			if srcCodeTxIdStatus and not srcCodeTxIdStatus then
+			if srcCodeTxIdStatus and not srcCodeTxIdResult then
 				ao.send({
 					Target = msg.From,
 					Action = "Invalid-Evolve-Notice",
diff --git a/src/common/utils.lua b/src/common/utils.lua
index 4f3b56b..12784e6 100644
--- a/src/common/utils.lua
+++ b/src/common/utils.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ local utils = { _version = "0.0.1" }
 local function isArray(table)
 	if type(table) == "table" then
 		local maxIndex = 0
-		for k, v in pairs(table) do
+		for k, _ in pairs(table) do
 			if type(k) ~= "number" or k < 1 or math.floor(k) ~= k then
 				return false -- If there's a non-integer key, it's not an array
 			end
diff --git a/src/process.lua b/src/process.lua
index f5c0891..63325db 100644
--- a/src/process.lua
+++ b/src/process.lua
@@ -29,21 +29,6 @@ function Send(msg)
 	_ao.send(msg)
 	return "message added to outbox"
 end
-
-function Spawn(module, msg)
-	if not msg then
-		msg = {}
-	end
-
-	_ao.spawn(module, msg)
-	return "spawn process request"
-end
-
-function Assign(assignment)
-	_ao.assign(assignment)
-	return "assignment added to outbox"
-end
-
 function Tab(msg)
 	local inputs = {}
 	for _, o in ipairs(msg.Tags) do