diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/acquisition_test.go b/pkg/acquisition/acquisition_test.go
index db142b9f2d5..dd70172cf62 100644
--- a/pkg/acquisition/acquisition_test.go
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/acquisition_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func (f *MockSource) GetMode() string { return f.Mode }
 func (f *MockSource) OneShotAcquisition(context.Context, chan types.Event, *tomb.Tomb) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
 func (f *MockSource) StreamingAcquisition(context.Context, chan types.Event, *tomb.Tomb) error {
 	return nil
 }
@@ -513,6 +514,7 @@ func (f *MockSourceByDSN) GetMode() string { return f.Mode }
 func (f *MockSourceByDSN) OneShotAcquisition(context.Context, chan types.Event, *tomb.Tomb) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
 func (f *MockSourceByDSN) StreamingAcquisition(context.Context, chan types.Event, *tomb.Tomb) error {
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows.go
index 7be9932b21b..887be8b7dd3 100644
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func logLevelToInt(logLevel string) ([]string, error) {
 
 // This is lifted from winops/winlog, but we only want to render the basic XML string, we don't need the extra fluff
 func (w *WinEventLogSource) getXMLEvents(config *winlog.SubscribeConfig, publisherCache map[string]windows.Handle, resultSet windows.Handle, maxEvents int) ([]string, error) {
-	var events = make([]windows.Handle, maxEvents)
+	events := make([]windows.Handle, maxEvents)
 	var returned uint32
 
 	// Get handles to events from the result set.
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func (w *WinEventLogSource) ConfigureByDSN(dsn string, labels map[string]string,
 
 	var err error
 
-	//FIXME: handle custom xpath query
+	// FIXME: handle custom xpath query
 	w.query, err = w.buildXpathQuery()
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ func (w *WinEventLogSource) SupportedModes() []string {
 
 func (w *WinEventLogSource) OneShotAcquisition(ctx context.Context, out chan types.Event, t *tomb.Tomb) error {
 	handle, err := wevtapi.EvtQuery(localMachine, w.evtConfig.ChannelPath, w.evtConfig.Query, w.evtConfig.Flags)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("EvtQuery failed: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows_test.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows_test.go
index 8d3163fe0cd..2f6fe15450f 100644
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows_test.go
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/modules/wineventlog/wineventlog_windows_test.go
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ event_ids:
 	subLogger := log.WithField("type", "windowseventlog")
 
 	evthandler, err := eventlog.Open("Application")
-
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to open event log: %s", err)
 	}