diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c443fc..9fcc3c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,19 +69,8 @@ ignore = [
     'UP022', # Prefer `capture_output` over sending `stdout` and `stderr` to `PIPE`
     'SIM115', # Use a context manager for opening files
     'UP031', #Use format specifiers instead of percent format
-    'C408', # Unnecessary `dict()` call (rewrite as a literal)
+    # 'C408', # Unnecessary `dict()` call (rewrite as a literal)
     # 'C417' # Unnecessary `map()` usage (rewrite using a generator expression)
 ]
 
-# [tool.pylint]
-# max-line-length = 88
-# disable = [
-#     "C0103", # (invalid-name)
-#     "C0114", # (missing-module-docstring)
-#     "C0115", # (missing-class-docstring)
-#     "C0116", # (missing-function-docstring)
-#     "R0903", # (too-few-public-methods)
-#     "R0913", # (too-many-arguments)
-#     "W0105", # (pointless-string-statement)
-# ]
 
diff --git a/src/wavinfo/wave_adm_reader.py b/src/wavinfo/wave_adm_reader.py
index bbbaea6..7de36b4 100644
--- a/src/wavinfo/wave_adm_reader.py
+++ b/src/wavinfo/wave_adm_reader.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class WavADMReader:
         Read the ADM `audioProgramme` data structure and some of its reference
         properties.
         """
-        ret_dict = dict()
+        ret_dict = {}
 
         nsmap = self.axml.getroot().nsmap
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class WavADMReader:
         ret_dict["contents"] = []
 
         for content_ref in program.findall("audioContentIDRef", namespaces=nsmap):
-            content_dict = dict()
+            content_dict = {}
             content_dict["content_id"] = cid = content_ref.text
             content = afext.find(
                 "audioContent[@audioContentID='%s']" % cid, namespaces=nsmap
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class WavADMReader:
             content_dict["objects"] = []
 
             for object_ref in content.findall("audioObjectIDRef", namespaces=nsmap):
-                object_dict = dict()
+                object_dict = {}
                 object_dict["object_id"] = oid = object_ref.text
                 object = afext.find(
                     "audioObject[@audioObjectID='%s']" % oid, namespaces=nsmap
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class WavADMReader:
             rd.update(self.track_info(channel_uid_rec.track_index))
             return rd
 
-        return dict(
-            channel_entries=[make_entry(z) for z in self.channel_uids],
-            programme=self.programme(),
-        )
+        return {
+            'channel_entries': [make_entry(z) for z in self.channel_uids],
+            'programme': self.programme(),
+        }
diff --git a/src/wavinfo/wave_cues_reader.py b/src/wavinfo/wave_cues_reader.py
index fbe51b5..317f8b5 100644
--- a/src/wavinfo/wave_cues_reader.py
+++ b/src/wavinfo/wave_cues_reader.py
@@ -176,13 +176,15 @@ class RangeLabel(NamedTuple):
         parsed = unpack(leader_struct_fmt, data[0 : calcsize(leader_struct_fmt)])
         text_data = data[calcsize(leader_struct_fmt) :]
 
+        purpose_str = parsed[2].decode('ascii')
+
         if data[6] != 0:
             fallback_encoding = f"cp{data[6]}"
 
         return cls(
             name=parsed[0],
             length=parsed[1],
-            purpose=parsed[2],
+            purpose=purpose_str,
             country=parsed[3],
             language=parsed[4],
             dialect=parsed[5],
@@ -282,10 +284,10 @@ class WavCuesReader:
         return next((r.length for r in self.ranges if r.name == cue_ident), None)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        retval = dict()
+        retval = {}
 
         for n, t in self.each_cue():
-            retval[n] = dict()
+            retval[n] = {}
             retval[n]["frame"] = t
             label, note = self.label_and_note(n)
             r = self.range(n)
diff --git a/src/wavinfo/wave_dbmd_reader.py b/src/wavinfo/wave_dbmd_reader.py
index 7baac88..f9ff8d5 100644
--- a/src/wavinfo/wave_dbmd_reader.py
+++ b/src/wavinfo/wave_dbmd_reader.py
@@ -687,4 +687,4 @@ class WavDolbyMetadataReader:
         atmos = [asdict(x) for x in self.dolby_atmos()]
         # atmos_sup = map(lambda x: asdict(x), self.dolby_atmos_supplemental())
 
-        return dict(dolby_digital_plus=list(ddp), dolby_atmos=list(atmos))
+        return {'dolby_digital_plus': ddp, 'dolby_atmos': atmos}