diff --git a/miner/remote_agent.go b/miner/remote_agent.go
index fe8cc6b63..87456cfec 100644
--- a/miner/remote_agent.go
+++ b/miner/remote_agent.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package miner
 
 import (
-    "math/big"
+	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/ethash"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -59,19 +59,18 @@ out:
 func (a *RemoteAgent) GetWork() [3]string {
 	var res [3]string
 
-	// XXX Wait here until work != nil ?
 	if a.work != nil {
 		a.currentWork = a.work
 
 		res[0] = a.work.HashNoNonce().Hex()
 		seedHash, _ := ethash.GetSeedHash(a.currentWork.NumberU64())
 		res[1] = common.Bytes2Hex(seedHash)
-        n := new(big.Int)
-        n.SetInt64(1)
-        n.Lsh(n, 255)
-        n.Div(n, a.work.Difficulty())
-        n.Lsh(n, 1)
-        res[2] = common.Bytes2Hex(n.Bytes())
+		// Calculate the "target" to be returned to the external miner
+		n := big.NewInt(1)
+		n.Lsh(n, 255)
+		n.Div(n, a.work.Difficulty())
+		n.Lsh(n, 1)
+		res[2] = common.Bytes2Hex(n.Bytes())
 	}
 
 	return res