diff --git a/secator/tasks/ffuf.py b/secator/tasks/ffuf.py
index ba9bfd14..0afa58c1 100644
--- a/secator/tasks/ffuf.py
+++ b/secator/tasks/ffuf.py
@@ -82,5 +82,3 @@ class ffuf(HttpFuzzer):
 	def on_item(self, item):
 		item.method = self.get_opt_value(METHOD) or 'GET'
 		return item
-
-	# TODO: write custom item_loader to pick up Progress items too
diff --git a/secator/tasks/gau.py b/secator/tasks/gau.py
index 46261bf8..d9980928 100644
--- a/secator/tasks/gau.py
+++ b/secator/tasks/gau.py
@@ -41,7 +41,3 @@ class gau(HttpCrawler):
 	proxy_socks5 = True
 	proxy_http = True
 	profile = 'io'
-
-	# @staticmethod
-	# def validate_item(self, item):
-	# 	return item['url'] == 'response'
diff --git a/secator/tasks/grype.py b/secator/tasks/grype.py
index af403ab5..7656556e 100644
--- a/secator/tasks/grype.py
+++ b/secator/tasks/grype.py
@@ -7,52 +7,6 @@
 from secator.tasks._categories import VulnCode
 
 
-def grype_item_loader(self, line):
-	"""Load vulnerabilty dicts from grype line output."""
-	split = [i for i in line.split(' ') if i]
-	if not len(split) in [5, 6] or split[0] == 'NAME':
-		return None
-	version_fixed = None
-	if len(split) == 5:  # no version fixed
-		product, version, product_type, vuln_id, severity = tuple(split)
-	elif len(split) == 6:
-		product, version, version_fixed, product_type, vuln_id, severity = tuple(split)
-	extra_data = {
-		'lang': product_type,
-		'product': product,
-		'version': version,
-	}
-	if version_fixed:
-		extra_data['version_fixed'] = version_fixed
-	data = {
-		'id': vuln_id,
-		'name': vuln_id,
-		'matched_at': self.input,
-		'confidence': 'medium',
-		'severity': severity.lower(),
-		'provider': 'grype',
-		'cvss_score': -1,
-		'tags': [],
-	}
-	if vuln_id.startswith('GHSA'):
-		data['provider'] = 'github.com'
-		data['references'] = [f'https://github.com/advisories/{vuln_id}']
-		data['tags'].extend(['cve', 'ghsa'])
-		vuln = VulnCode.lookup_ghsa(vuln_id)
-		if vuln:
-			data.update(vuln)
-			data['severity'] = data['severity'] or severity.lower()
-			extra_data['ghsa_id'] = vuln_id
-	elif vuln_id.startswith('CVE'):
-		vuln = VulnCode.lookup_cve(vuln_id)
-		if vuln:
-			vuln['tags'].append('cve')
-			data.update(vuln)
-			data['severity'] = data['severity'] or severity.lower()
-	data['extra_data'] = extra_data
-	return data
-
-
 @task()
 class grype(VulnCode):
 	"""Vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems."""
@@ -76,4 +30,49 @@ class grype(VulnCode):
 	install_cmd = (
 		'curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/grype/main/install.sh | sudo sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin'
 	)
-	item_loaders = [grype_item_loader]
+
+	@staticmethod
+	def item_loader(self, line):
+		"""Load vulnerabilty dicts from grype line output."""
+		split = [i for i in line.split(' ') if i]
+		if not len(split) in [5, 6] or split[0] == 'NAME':
+			return None
+		version_fixed = None
+		if len(split) == 5:  # no version fixed
+			product, version, product_type, vuln_id, severity = tuple(split)
+		elif len(split) == 6:
+			product, version, version_fixed, product_type, vuln_id, severity = tuple(split)
+		extra_data = {
+			'lang': product_type,
+			'product': product,
+			'version': version,
+		}
+		if version_fixed:
+			extra_data['version_fixed'] = version_fixed
+		data = {
+			'id': vuln_id,
+			'name': vuln_id,
+			'matched_at': self.input,
+			'confidence': 'medium',
+			'severity': severity.lower(),
+			'provider': 'grype',
+			'cvss_score': -1,
+			'tags': [],
+		}
+		if vuln_id.startswith('GHSA'):
+			data['provider'] = 'github.com'
+			data['references'] = [f'https://github.com/advisories/{vuln_id}']
+			data['tags'].extend(['cve', 'ghsa'])
+			vuln = VulnCode.lookup_ghsa(vuln_id)
+			if vuln:
+				data.update(vuln)
+				data['severity'] = data['severity'] or severity.lower()
+				extra_data['ghsa_id'] = vuln_id
+		elif vuln_id.startswith('CVE'):
+			vuln = VulnCode.lookup_cve(vuln_id)
+			if vuln:
+				vuln['tags'].append('cve')
+				data.update(vuln)
+				data['severity'] = data['severity'] or severity.lower()
+		data['extra_data'] = extra_data
+		return data
diff --git a/secator/tasks/httpx.py b/secator/tasks/httpx.py
index c2de13eb..5ba56bf2 100644
--- a/secator/tasks/httpx.py
+++ b/secator/tasks/httpx.py
@@ -63,19 +63,6 @@ class httpx(Http):
 	proxy_http = True
 	profile = 'cpu'
 
-	@staticmethod
-	def on_item_pre_convert(self, item):
-		for k, v in item.items():
-			if k == 'time':
-				response_time = float(''.join(ch for ch in v if not ch.isalpha()))
-				if v[-2:] == 'ms':
-					response_time = response_time / 1000
-				item[k] = response_time
-			elif k == URL:
-				item[k] = sanitize_url(v)
-		item[URL] = item.get('final_url') or item[URL]
-		return item
-
 	@staticmethod
 	def on_init(self):
 		debug_resp = self.get_opt_value('debug_resp')
@@ -90,6 +77,19 @@ def on_init(self):
 			os.makedirs(self.output_screenshot_path, exist_ok=True)
 			self.cmd += f' -sr -srd {output_path}'
 
+	@staticmethod
+	def on_item_pre_convert(self, item):
+		for k, v in item.items():
+			if k == 'time':
+				response_time = float(''.join(ch for ch in v if not ch.isalpha()))
+				if v[-2:] == 'ms':
+					response_time = response_time / 1000
+				item[k] = response_time
+			elif k == URL:
+				item[k] = sanitize_url(v)
+		item[URL] = item.get('final_url') or item[URL]
+		return item
+
 	@staticmethod
 	def on_end(self):
 		if DEFAULT_STORE_HTTP_RESPONSES:
diff --git a/secator/tasks/katana.py b/secator/tasks/katana.py
index fd864284..66f284f8 100644
--- a/secator/tasks/katana.py
+++ b/secator/tasks/katana.py
@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ def on_init(self):
 			os.makedirs(self.output_response_path, exist_ok=True)
 			self.cmd += f' -sr -srd {output_path}'
 
-	@staticmethod
-	def on_end(self):
-		if DEFAULT_STORE_HTTP_RESPONSES and os.path.exists(self.output_response_path + '/index.txt'):
-			os.remove(self.output_response_path + '/index.txt')
-
 	@staticmethod
 	def on_item(self, item):
 		if not isinstance(item, Url):
@@ -131,3 +126,8 @@ def on_item(self, item):
 				fout.writelines('\n')
 				fout.writelines(first_line)
 		return item
+
+	@staticmethod
+	def on_end(self):
+		if DEFAULT_STORE_HTTP_RESPONSES and os.path.exists(self.output_response_path + '/index.txt'):
+			os.remove(self.output_response_path + '/index.txt')
diff --git a/secator/tasks/wpscan.py b/secator/tasks/wpscan.py
index 5135d30f..3f2a9f52 100644
--- a/secator/tasks/wpscan.py
+++ b/secator/tasks/wpscan.py
@@ -74,15 +74,6 @@ class wpscan(VulnHttp):
 	ignore_return_code = True
 	profile = 'io'
 
-	@staticmethod
-	def on_init(self):
-		output_path = self.get_opt_value('output_path')
-		if not output_path:
-			timestr = get_file_timestamp()
-			output_path = f'{DATA_FOLDER}/wpscan_{timestr}.json'
-		self.output_path = output_path
-		self.cmd += f' -o {self.output_path}'
-
 	def yielder(self):
 		prev = self.print_item_count
 		self.print_item_count = False
@@ -177,3 +168,12 @@ def yielder(self):
 						)
 
 		self.print_item_count = prev
+
+	@staticmethod
+	def on_init(self):
+		output_path = self.get_opt_value('output_path')
+		if not output_path:
+			timestr = get_file_timestamp()
+			output_path = f'{DATA_FOLDER}/wpscan_{timestr}.json'
+		self.output_path = output_path
+		self.cmd += f' -o {self.output_path}'