diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index 2a9d810..78bb2af 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func unauthorized(c *websocket.Conn, err error) error {
 
 func getAuthMessage(c *websocket.Conn, s *Session) error {
 	// timeout after 2 seconds if no request is sent
-	c.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Second * 5))
+	_ = c.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Second * 5))
 
 	_, message, err := c.ReadMessage()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 5bce4b8..bf22717 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ func upgradefail(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
 func badrequest(c *websocket.Conn, reqid string, err error) {
 	log.Printf("[%s] bad request: %s\n", reqid, err.Error())
 	_ = c.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseUnsupportedData, []byte(`{"error": "bad request"}`))
-	c.Close()
+	_ = c.Close()
 }