diff --git a/couchdb-exporter.go b/couchdb-exporter.go
index ef52aaed..95bb50dd 100644
--- a/couchdb-exporter.go
+++ b/couchdb-exporter.go
@@ -180,25 +180,25 @@ func init() {
 func main() {
 	var appAction = func(c *cli.Context) error {
 		var databases []string
-		if *&exporterConfig.databases != "" {
-			databases = strings.Split(*&exporterConfig.databases, ",")
+		if exporterConfig.databases != "" {
+			databases = strings.Split(exporterConfig.databases, ",")
 		}
 
 		exporter := lib.NewExporter(
-			*&exporterConfig.couchdbURI,
+			exporterConfig.couchdbURI,
 			lib.BasicAuth{
-				Username: *&exporterConfig.couchdbUsername,
-				Password: *&exporterConfig.couchdbPassword},
+				Username: exporterConfig.couchdbUsername,
+				Password: exporterConfig.couchdbPassword},
 			lib.CollectorConfig{
 				Databases:            databases,
-				CollectViews:         *&exporterConfig.databaseViews,
-				CollectSchedulerJobs: *&exporterConfig.schedulerJobs,
-				ConcurrentRequests:   *&exporterConfig.databaseConcurrentRequests,
+				CollectViews:         exporterConfig.databaseViews,
+				CollectSchedulerJobs: exporterConfig.schedulerJobs,
+				ConcurrentRequests:   exporterConfig.databaseConcurrentRequests,
 			},
-			*&exporterConfig.couchdbInsecure)
+			exporterConfig.couchdbInsecure)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(exporter)
 
-		http.Handle(*&exporterConfig.metricsEndpoint, promhttp.Handler())
+		http.Handle(exporterConfig.metricsEndpoint, promhttp.Handler())
 		http.HandleFunc("/status", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			_, err := fmt.Fprint(w, "OK")
 			if err != nil {
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		})
 		http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("Please GET %s", *&exporterConfig.metricsEndpoint), http.StatusNotFound)
+			http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("Please GET %s", exporterConfig.metricsEndpoint), http.StatusNotFound)
 		})
 
-		klog.Infof("Starting exporter at '%s' to read from CouchDB at '%s'", *&exporterConfig.listenAddress, *&exporterConfig.couchdbURI)
-		err := http.ListenAndServe(*&exporterConfig.listenAddress, nil)
+		klog.Infof("Starting exporter at '%s' to read from CouchDB at '%s'", exporterConfig.listenAddress, exporterConfig.couchdbURI)
+		err := http.ListenAndServe(exporterConfig.listenAddress, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			klog.Fatal(err)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/couchdb-client.go b/lib/couchdb-client.go
index b6a5f259..d889a53c 100644
--- a/lib/couchdb-client.go
+++ b/lib/couchdb-client.go
@@ -254,15 +254,16 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) getStats(config CollectorConfig) (Stats, error) {
 	}
 }
 
+type dbStatsResult struct {
+	dbName  string
+	dbStats DatabaseStats
+	err     error
+}
+
 func (c *CouchdbClient) getDatabasesStatsByDbName(databases []string, concurrency uint) (map[string]DatabaseStats, error) {
 	dbStatsByDbName := make(map[string]DatabaseStats)
-	type result struct {
-		dbName  string
-		dbStats DatabaseStats
-		err     error
-	}
 	// Setup for concurrent scatter/gather scrapes, with concurrency limit
-	r := make(chan result, len(databases))
+	r := make(chan dbStatsResult, len(databases))
 	semaphore := NewSemaphore(concurrency) // semaphore to limit concurrency
 
 	// scatter
@@ -277,13 +278,13 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) getDatabasesStatsByDbName(databases []string, concurrenc
 			data, err := c.Request("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", c.BaseUri, dbName), nil)
 			semaphore.Release()
 			if err != nil {
-				r <- result{err: fmt.Errorf("error reading database '%s' stats: %v", dbName, err)}
+				r <- dbStatsResult{err: fmt.Errorf("error reading database '%s' stats: %v", dbName, err)}
 				return
 			}
 
 			err = json.Unmarshal(data, &dbStats)
 			if err != nil {
-				r <- result{err: fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling database '%s' stats: %v", dbName, err)}
+				r <- dbStatsResult{err: fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling database '%s' stats: %v", dbName, err)}
 				return
 			}
 			dbStats.DiskSizeOverhead = dbStats.DiskSize - dbStats.DataSize
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) getDatabasesStatsByDbName(databases []string, concurrenc
 			} else {
 				dbStats.CompactRunning = 0
 			}
-			r <- result{dbName, dbStats, nil}
+			r <- dbStatsResult{dbName, dbStats, nil}
 		}()
 	}
 	// gather
@@ -308,13 +309,8 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) getDatabasesStatsByDbName(databases []string, concurrenc
 }
 
 func (c *CouchdbClient) enhanceWithViewUpdateSeq(dbStatsByDbName map[string]DatabaseStats, concurrency uint) error {
-	type result struct {
-		dbName  string
-		dbStats DatabaseStats
-		err     error
-	}
 	// Setup for concurrent scatter/gather scrapes, with concurrency limit
-	r := make(chan result, len(dbStatsByDbName))
+	r := make(chan dbStatsResult, len(dbStatsByDbName))
 	semaphore := NewSemaphore(concurrency) // semaphore to limit concurrency
 
 	// scatter
@@ -334,14 +330,14 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) enhanceWithViewUpdateSeq(dbStatsByDbName map[string]Data
 			designDocData, err := c.Request("GET", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/_all_docs?%s", c.BaseUri, dbName, query), nil)
 			semaphore.Release()
 			if err != nil {
-				r <- result{err: fmt.Errorf("error reading database '%s' stats: %v", dbName, err)}
+				r <- dbStatsResult{err: fmt.Errorf("error reading database '%s' stats: %v", dbName, err)}
 				return
 			}
 
 			var designDocs DocsResponse
 			err = json.Unmarshal(designDocData, &designDocs)
 			if err != nil {
-				r <- result{err: fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling design docs for database '%s': %v", dbName, err)}
+				r <- dbStatsResult{err: fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling design docs for database '%s': %v", dbName, err)}
 				return
 			}
 			views := make(ViewStatsByDesignDocName)
@@ -393,7 +389,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) enhanceWithViewUpdateSeq(dbStatsByDbName map[string]Data
 					for range row.Doc.Views {
 						res := <-v
 						if res.err != nil {
-							r <- result{err: res.err}
+							r <- dbStatsResult{err: res.err}
 							return
 						}
 						updateSeqByView[res.viewName] = res.updateSeq
@@ -408,7 +404,7 @@ func (c *CouchdbClient) enhanceWithViewUpdateSeq(dbStatsByDbName map[string]Data
 				<-done
 			}
 			dbStats.Views = views
-			r <- result{dbName, dbStats, nil}
+			r <- dbStatsResult{dbName, dbStats, nil}
 		}()
 	}
 	// gather