diff --git a/src/robotide/application/__init__.py b/src/robotide/application/__init__.py
index 7ecd71762..79a291173 100644
--- a/src/robotide/application/__init__.py
+++ b/src/robotide/application/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 
 from .application import RIDE
-from .debugconsole import *
+from . import debugconsole
 from ..controller import Project
 from .editorprovider import EditorProvider
diff --git a/src/robotide/publish/__init__.py b/src/robotide/publish/__init__.py
index f1462e14c..0eca86143 100644
--- a/src/robotide/publish/__init__.py
+++ b/src/robotide/publish/__init__.py
@@ -120,10 +120,11 @@ def important_action(self):
 
 import os
 
-from .messages import *
+from .messages import *  # Wildcard import OK: messages.py defines __all__
 from .publisher import PUBLISHER
 
 
 def get_html_message(name):
-    return open(os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(__file__), 'htmlmessages', '{}.html'.format(name))).read()
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'htmlmessages', f'{name}.html')
+    with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        return f.read()