diff --git a/python/text_utils/api/processor.py b/python/text_utils/api/processor.py
index d54f857..fc46db7 100644
--- a/python/text_utils/api/processor.py
+++ b/python/text_utils/api/processor.py
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ class TextProcessor:
     pretrained: bool = False
     devices: list[torch.device]
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _task_upper(cls) -> str:
-        return cls.task.upper()
-
     @classmethod
     def available_models(cls) -> list[ModelInfo]:
         raise NotImplementedError
@@ -52,7 +48,7 @@ def _model_url(cls, model: str) -> str:
 
     @classmethod
     def download_dir(cls) -> str:
-        task_name = cls._task_upper().replace(" ", "_")
+        task_name = cls.task.upper().replace(" ", "_")
         return os.environ.get(
             f"{task_name}_DOWNLOAD_DIR",
             os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".download", task_name),
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ def download_dir(cls) -> str:
 
     @classmethod
     def cache_dir(cls) -> str:
-        task_name = cls._task_upper().replace(" ", "_")
+        task_name = cls.task.upper().replace(" ", "_")
         return os.environ.get(
             f"{task_name}_CACHE_DIR",
             os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".cache", task_name),
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ def from_pretrained(
             f"{pprint.pformat(cls.available_models())}"
         )
 
-        logger = logging.get_logger(f"{cls._task_upper()} DOWNLOAD")
+        logger = logging.get_logger(f"{cls.task.upper()} DOWNLOAD")
         model_url = cls._model_url(model)
         if download_dir is None:
             download_dir = cls.download_dir()
@@ -150,7 +146,7 @@ def __init__(
         self, model: nn.Module, cfg: dict[str, Any], device: Device = "cuda"
     ) -> None:
         self.cfg = cfg
-        self.logger = logging.get_logger(self._task_upper())
+        self.logger = logging.get_logger(self.task.upper())
         self.logger.debug(f"Got config:\n{self.cfg}")
 
         torch.set_num_threads(len(os.sched_getaffinity(0)))
diff --git a/python/text_utils/api/server.py b/python/text_utils/api/server.py
index 9b1a3b3..2361128 100644
--- a/python/text_utils/api/server.py
+++ b/python/text_utils/api/server.py
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ def from_config(
 
     def __init__(self, config: dict[str, Any], log_level: str | int | None = None):
         self.config = config
-        self.logger = get_logger(f"{self.text_processor_cls.task} server", log_level)
+        self.logger = get_logger(
+            f"{self.text_processor_cls.task.upper()} SERVER",
+            log_level,
+        )
         self.logger.info(f"Loaded server config:\n{yaml.dump(config)}")
         self.port = int(self.config.get("port", 40000))
 
diff --git a/python/text_utils/inference/__init__.py b/python/text_utils/inference/__init__.py
index ac70b42..cfb2158 100644
--- a/python/text_utils/inference/__init__.py
+++ b/python/text_utils/inference/__init__.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def get_outputs(intermediate: bool) -> list[list[Beam]]:
                 torch.arange(b), decoder_lengths_tensor - 1
             ]
 
-        org_log_probs = torch.log_softmax(decoder_outputs, dim=-1)
+        raw_log_probs = torch.log_softmax(decoder_outputs, dim=-1)
 
         # apply logit functions
         for logit_fn in logit_fns or []:
@@ -202,16 +202,14 @@ def get_outputs(intermediate: bool) -> list[list[Beam]]:
 
         log_probs = torch.log_softmax(decoder_outputs, dim=-1)
 
-        for idx, (log_probs, org_log_probs) in enumerate(
-            zip(
-                torch.split(log_probs, num_beams), torch.split(org_log_probs, num_beams)
-            )
-        ):
+        raw_log_probs = torch.split(raw_log_probs, num_beams)
+        log_probs = torch.split(log_probs, num_beams)
+        for idx, (raw_log_prob, log_prob) in enumerate(zip(raw_log_probs, log_probs)):
             candidates: list[Beam] = []
             for beam_idx, beam in enumerate(current_beams[idx]):
-                for token_id in sample_fn(log_probs[beam_idx], beam_width).tolist():
+                for token_id in sample_fn(log_prob[beam_idx], beam_width).tolist():
                     candidate = beam.clone()
-                    candidate.add(token_id, org_log_probs[beam_idx, token_id].item())
+                    candidate.add(token_id, raw_log_prob[beam_idx, token_id].item())
                     candidates.append(candidate)
 
             # reset current beams and fill with best candidates
diff --git a/python/text_utils/inference/utils.py b/python/text_utils/inference/utils.py
index 9b361c6..2b01df9 100644
--- a/python/text_utils/inference/utils.py
+++ b/python/text_utils/inference/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-from typing import Callable, Any
+from typing import Any, Callable, Protocol
 
 import torch
-
 from grammar_utils.constrain import Constraint
 
 # maps from token ids, length, and other kwargs to distribution over next token id and other info
@@ -140,7 +139,8 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
 
 
 # takes in a beam (and optional length) and returns a scalar score
-ScoreFn = Callable[[Beam, int | None], float]
+class ScoreFn(Protocol):
+    def __call__(self, beam: Beam, length: int | None = None) -> float: ...
 
 
 def log_likelihood_score(normalize: bool = True, alpha: float = 1.0) -> ScoreFn: