diff --git a/blogroll.go b/blogroll.go
index edb4b8c..c1bcfcb 100644
--- a/blogroll.go
+++ b/blogroll.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func cacheOutlines(blog string, outlines []*opml.Outline) {
 		DateCreated: time.Now().UTC(),
 		Outlines:    outlines,
 	})
-	cachePersistently("blogroll_"+blog, opmlBuffer.Bytes())
+	_ = cachePersistently("blogroll_"+blog, opmlBuffer.Bytes())
 }
 
 func loadOutlineCache(blog string) []*opml.Outline {
diff --git a/blogstats.go b/blogstats.go
index de5ccd6..b34f61f 100644
--- a/blogstats.go
+++ b/blogstats.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func getBlogStats(blog string) (data map[string]interface{}, err error) {
 
 func cacheBlogStats(blog string, stats map[string]interface{}) {
 	jb, _ := json.Marshal(stats)
-	cachePersistently("blogstats_"+blog, jb)
+	_ = cachePersistently("blogstats_"+blog, jb)
 }
 
 func loadBlogStatsCache(blog string) (stats map[string]interface{}) {
@@ -142,5 +142,5 @@ func loadBlogStatsCache(blog string) (stats map[string]interface{}) {
 }
 
 func resetBlogStats(blog string) {
-	clearPersistentCache("blogstats_" + blog)
+	_ = clearPersistentCache("blogstats_" + blog)
 }
diff --git a/persistantCache.go b/persistantCache.go
index c8415be..9882080 100644
--- a/persistantCache.go
+++ b/persistantCache.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func retrievePersistentCache(key string) (data []byte, err error) {
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else {
-		row.Scan(&data)
+		err = row.Scan(&data)
 		return data, err
 	}
 }