diff --git a/cmd/HellPot/HellPot.go b/cmd/HellPot/HellPot.go
index e2a81a5..d562f82 100644
--- a/cmd/HellPot/HellPot.go
+++ b/cmd/HellPot/HellPot.go
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ func main() {
 	if runningConfig == nil {
 		if runningConfig, err = config.Setup(nil); err != nil || runningConfig == nil {
 			panic("failed to setup default config...\n" + err.Error())
-			return // unreachable, but the linter doesn't seem to realize that
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/config/models_test.go b/internal/config/models_test.go
index b7e9c51..c8b080f 100644
--- a/internal/config/models_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/models_test.go
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ func TestCompileRules(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(rules.UseragentDisallowStrings) != 3 {
 		t.Error("expected 3 got", len(rules.UseragentDisallowStrings))
 	}
-	if !rules.MatchUseragent("yeeterson") {
+	if !rules.MatchUseragent([]byte("yeeterson")) {
 		t.Error("expected true got false")
 	}
-	if !rules.MatchUseragent("mc") {
+	if !rules.MatchUseragent([]byte("mc")) {
 		t.Error("expected true got false")
 	}
-	if !rules.MatchUseragent("yooterson") {
+	if !rules.MatchUseragent([]byte("yooterson")) {
 		t.Error("expected true got false")
 	}
-	if !rules.MatchUseragent("gooters%n") {
+	if !rules.MatchUseragent([]byte("gooters%n")) {
 		t.Error("expected true got false")
 	}
-	if rules.MatchUseragent("yootersongooterson") {
+	if rules.MatchUseragent([]byte("yootersongooterson")) {
 		t.Error("expected false got true")
 	}
 }