diff --git a/cmd/groups.go b/cmd/groups.go
index 22cf00c1..79d9f369 100644
--- a/cmd/groups.go
+++ b/cmd/groups.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var addProjectToGroupCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				Name: cmdProjectName,
 			},
 			Groups: []api.Group{
-				api.Group{
+				{
 					Name: groupName,
 				},
 			},
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ var deleteProjectFromGroupCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				Name: cmdProjectName,
 			},
 			Groups: []api.Group{
-				api.Group{
+				{
 					Name: groupName,
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/cmd/login.go b/cmd/login.go
index e8bfa324..a5f6a94a 100644
--- a/cmd/login.go
+++ b/cmd/login.go
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ func loginToken() error {
 		return err
 	}
 	err = conn.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	viper.Set("lagoons."+cmdLagoon+".token", strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
 	err = viper.WriteConfig()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 4a7eaef7..0e48ad5c 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ func (project *LagoonProject) ReadConfig() error {
 	var err error
 
 	source, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(project.Dir, ".lagoon.yml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load config file %s/: %v", filepath.Join(project.Dir, ".lagoon.yml"), err)
+	}
 	err = yaml.Unmarshal(source, project)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load config file %s/: %v", filepath.Join(project.Dir, ".lagoon.yml"), err)
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ func (project *LagoonProject) ReadConfig() error {
 
 // GetLocalProject returns the current Lagoon app detected.
 func GetLocalProject() (LagoonProject, error) {
-	appDir, err := os.Getwd()
+	_, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
 		return LagoonProject{}, fmt.Errorf("error determining the current directory: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ func GetLocalProject() (LagoonProject, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return LagoonProject{}, err
 	}
-	appDir = fmt.Sprintf("%+v", root)
+	appDir := fmt.Sprintf("%+v", root)
 	return getProjectFromPath(appDir)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/lagoon/environments/deployments.go b/pkg/lagoon/environments/deployments.go
index 0a5fdbec..1a284e0c 100644
--- a/pkg/lagoon/environments/deployments.go
+++ b/pkg/lagoon/environments/deployments.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func (e *Environments) GetEnvironmentDeployments(projectName string, environment
 		MappedResult: "environmentByName",
 	}
 	environmentByName, err := e.api.Request(customRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	returnResult, err := processEnvironmentDeployments(environmentByName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte(""), err
diff --git a/pkg/lagoon/environments/tasks.go b/pkg/lagoon/environments/tasks.go
index 7c1222d9..1c6d7b7e 100644
--- a/pkg/lagoon/environments/tasks.go
+++ b/pkg/lagoon/environments/tasks.go
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ func (e *Environments) GetEnvironmentTasks(projectName string, environmentName s
 		MappedResult: "environmentByName",
 	}
 	environmentByName, err := e.api.Request(customRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	returnResult, err := processEnvironmentTasks(environmentByName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte(""), err
diff --git a/pkg/lagoon/projects/main_test.go b/pkg/lagoon/projects/main_test.go
index ce8848e5..5e472a0f 100644
--- a/pkg/lagoon/projects/main_test.go
+++ b/pkg/lagoon/projects/main_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ func TestProjectUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Should not fail if processing succeeded", err)
 	}
 	updateResults, err := json.Marshal(returnResult)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Should not fail if processing succeeded", err)
+	}
 	if string(updateResults) != updateProjectsSuccess {
 		checkEqual(t, string(updateResults), updateProjectsSuccess, "projectInfo processing failed")
 	}
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ func TestProjectUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Should not fail if processing succeeded", err)
 	}
 	updateResults, err = json.Marshal(returnResult)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("Should not fail if processing succeeded", err)
+	}
 	if string(updateResults) == updateProjectsFail {
 		checkEqual(t, string(updateResults), updateProjectsFail, "projectInfo processing succeeded, but should fail if json patch is broken")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/lagoon/projects/notifications.go b/pkg/lagoon/projects/notifications.go
index cef6bd1a..1c50c736 100644
--- a/pkg/lagoon/projects/notifications.go
+++ b/pkg/lagoon/projects/notifications.go
@@ -433,6 +433,9 @@ func (p *Projects) DeleteRocketChatNotificationFromProject(projectName string, n
 func (p *Projects) UpdateSlackNotification(notificationName string, jsonPatch string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var updateSlack api.UpdateNotificationSlackPatch
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonPatch), &updateSlack)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	customReq := api.CustomRequest{
 		Query: `mutation ($oldname: String!, $patch: UpdateNotificationSlackPatchInput!) {
 			updateNotificationSlack(input:{name: $oldname, patch: $patch}
@@ -457,6 +460,9 @@ func (p *Projects) UpdateSlackNotification(notificationName string, jsonPatch st
 func (p *Projects) UpdateRocketChatNotification(notificationName string, jsonPatch string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var updateRocketChat api.UpdateNotificationRocketChatPatch
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonPatch), &updateRocketChat)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	customReq := api.CustomRequest{
 		Query: `mutation ($oldname: String!, $patch: UpdateNotificationRocketChatPatchInput!) {
 			updateNotificationRocketChat(input:{name: $oldname, patch: $patch}
diff --git a/pkg/lagoon/users/users.go b/pkg/lagoon/users/users.go
index 6df240e6..7397cc77 100644
--- a/pkg/lagoon/users/users.go
+++ b/pkg/lagoon/users/users.go
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ func (u *Users) ListUsers(groupName string) ([]byte, error) {
 		MappedResult: "allGroups",
 	}
 	listUsers, err := u.api.Request(customReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	returnResult, err := processUserList(listUsers)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte(""), err
@@ -239,7 +242,13 @@ func (u *Users) ListUserSSHKeys(groupName string, email string, allUsers bool) (
 		MappedResult: "allGroups",
 	}
 	listUsers, err := u.api.Request(customReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	returnedKeys, err := processReturnedUserKeysList(listUsers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte(""), err
+	}
 	var returnResult []byte
 	if allUsers {
 		returnResult, err = processAllUserKeysList(returnedKeys)
diff --git a/pkg/updatecheck/updatecheck.go b/pkg/updatecheck/updatecheck.go
index 2cd50e4f..74e31572 100644
--- a/pkg/updatecheck/updatecheck.go
+++ b/pkg/updatecheck/updatecheck.go
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ func ResetUpdateTime(filepath string) error {
 	err := os.Remove(filepath)
 	_ = err // We don't actually care if remove failed. All we care about is that the create succeeds.
 	file, err := os.Create(filepath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	err = file.Close()
 	return err
 }