diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a976c471..2ed8f4eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "plist": "^1.2.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.2",
     "run-series": "^1.1.4",
-    "standard": "^7.0.0"
+    "standard": "^8.0.0-beta.5"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.0.0"
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/app.js b/src/renderer/views/app.js
index a32a3006..33b4f193 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/app.js
+++ b/src/renderer/views/app.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module.exports = class App extends React.Component {
     var ModalContents = Modals[state.modal.id]
     return (
       <div key='modal' className='modal'>
-        <div key='modal-background' className='modal-background'></div>
+        <div key='modal-background' className='modal-background' />
         <div key='modal-content' className='modal-content'>
           <ModalContents state={state} />
         </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/create-torrent.js b/src/renderer/views/create-torrent.js
index 938b12ed..e8bb41ff 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/create-torrent.js
+++ b/src/renderer/views/create-torrent.js
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ module.exports = class CreateTorrentPage extends React.Component {
         <div key='advanced' className={'create-torrent-advanced ' + collapsedClass}>
           <div key='comment' className='torrent-attribute'>
             <label>Comment:</label>
-            <textarea className='torrent-attribute torrent-comment'></textarea>
+            <textarea className='torrent-attribute torrent-comment' />
           </div>
           <div key='trackers' className='torrent-attribute'>
             <label>Trackers:</label>
-            <textarea className='torrent-attribute torrent-trackers' defaultValue={trackers}></textarea>
+            <textarea className='torrent-attribute torrent-trackers' defaultValue={trackers} />
           </div>
           <div key='private' className='torrent-attribute'>
             <label>Private:</label>
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/player.js b/src/renderer/views/player.js
index 09f2df51..3b1ead5f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/player.js
+++ b/src/renderer/views/player.js
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ function renderAudioMetadata (state) {
   }
 
   // Align the title with the other info, if available. Otherwise, center title
-  var emptyLabel = (<label></label>)
+  var emptyLabel = (<label />)
   elems.unshift((
     <div key='title' className='audio-title'>
       {elems.length ? emptyLabel : undefined}{title}
@@ -380,16 +380,16 @@ function renderPlayerControls (state) {
       <div
         key='cursor'
         className='playback-cursor'
-        style={playbackCursorStyle}>
-      </div>
+        style={playbackCursorStyle}
+      />
       <div
         key='scrub-bar'
         className='scrub-bar'
         draggable='true'
         onDragStart={handleDragStart}
         onClick={handleScrub}
-        onDrag={handleScrub}>
-      </div>
+        onDrag={handleScrub}
+      />
     </div>,
 
     <i
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ function renderLoadingBar (state) {
       width: (100 * part.count / fileProg.numPieces) + '%'
     }
 
-    return (<div key={i} className='loading-bar-part' style={style}></div>)
+    return (<div key={i} className='loading-bar-part' style={style} />)
   })
   return (<div key='loading-bar' className='loading-bar'>{loadingBarElems}</div>)
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/torrent-list.js b/src/renderer/views/torrent-list.js
index 50cf8bfe..79ba7857 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/torrent-list.js
+++ b/src/renderer/views/torrent-list.js
@@ -359,14 +359,14 @@ module.exports = class TorrentList extends React.Component {
       <div key='radial-progress' className={'radial-progress ' + cssClass}>
         <div key='circle' className='circle'>
           <div key='mask-full' className='mask full' style={transformFill}>
-            <div key='fill' className='fill' style={transformFill}></div>
+            <div key='fill' className='fill' style={transformFill} />
           </div>
           <div key='mask-half' className='mask half'>
-            <div key='fill' className='fill' style={transformFill}></div>
-            <div key='fill-fix' className='fill fix' style={transformFix}></div>
+            <div key='fill' className='fill' style={transformFill} />
+            <div key='fill-fix' className='fill fix' style={transformFix} />
           </div>
         </div>
-        <div key='inset' className='inset'></div>
+        <div key='inset' className='inset' />
       </div>
     )
   }