diff --git a/internal/app/xhttp/handler_test.go b/internal/app/xhttp/handler_test.go
index 11c0731d..e61d0985 100644
--- a/internal/app/xhttp/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/xhttp/handler_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ func TestPingHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	// should return 200.
 	config := conf.DefaultConfig()
 	srv := New(config)
-	srv = New(config)
 	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, pingEndpoint, nil)
 	test.AssertStatusCode(t, http.StatusOK, srv, req)
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/file_test.go b/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/file_test.go
index 70b99370..a376f8f2 100644
--- a/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/file_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/file_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func TestHeaderFooterContents(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	defer f2.Close() // nolint: errcheck
 	err = r.WithFile("footer.html", f2)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	header, footer, err = HeaderFooterContents(r, config)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Contains(t, header, expected)
diff --git a/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/resource_test.go b/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/resource_test.go
index 3faae9d3..14b51dcd 100644
--- a/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/xhttp/pkg/resource/resource_test.go
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ func TestFcontent(t *testing.T) {
 	err = r.WithFile(filename, f)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	v, err = r.Fcontent(filename, defaultValue)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Contains(t, v, defaultValue)
 	// finally...
 	err = r.Close()