diff --git a/garak/buffs/lowercase.py b/garak/buffs/lowercase.py
index a84780c2..8d9f621b 100644
--- a/garak/buffs/lowercase.py
+++ b/garak/buffs/lowercase.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """ Buff that converts prompts to lower case. """
 
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from typing import List
 
 import garak.attempt
 from garak.buffs.base import Buff
diff --git a/garak/buffs/paraphrase.py b/garak/buffs/paraphrase.py
index 04bf50c9..e6f06b48 100644
--- a/garak/buffs/paraphrase.py
+++ b/garak/buffs/paraphrase.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """ Buff that paraphrases a prompt. """
 
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-import copy
 
 import torch
 from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 293313dc..d0513cd8 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -439,3 +439,13 @@ def remove_laurelhurst_log():
         os.remove("laurelhurst.report.jsonl")
 
     request.addfinalizer(remove_laurelhurst_log)
+
+
+def test_buff_config_assertion():
+    importlib.reload(_config)
+    import garak._plugins
+
+    test_value = 9001
+    _config.plugins.buffs["paraphrase.Fast"] = {"num_beams": test_value}
+    p = garak._plugins.load_plugin("buffs.paraphrase.Fast")
+    assert p.num_beams == test_value