diff --git a/crm/start.go b/crm/start.go
index 828e747b1..eb0c28fa6 100644
--- a/crm/start.go
+++ b/crm/start.go
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ func Init() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// @todo: profiling as an external service?
 	switch config.db.profiler {
 	case "stdout":
 		db.Profiler = &factory.Database.ProfilerStdout
-		// @todo: profiling as an external service?
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("No database query profiler selected")
 	}
 
 	// configure resputil options
diff --git a/rbac/resources.go b/rbac/resources.go
index 251d490f8..6142e9d12 100644
--- a/rbac/resources.go
+++ b/rbac/resources.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ type (
 		Get(resourceID string) (*types.Resource, error)
 		Delete(resourceID string) error
 
-		Grant(resourceID string, rolepath string, operations []string) error
+		Grant(resourceID, rolepath string, operations []string) error
 		GrantMultiple(resourceID string, roles []ResourcesRole) error
 
-		CheckAccess(resourceID string, operation string, sessionID string) error
+		CheckAccess(resourceID, operation, sessionID string) error
 	}
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const (
 	resourcesCheckAccess = "/resources/%s/checkAccess?operation=%s&session=%s"
 )
 
-func (u *Resources) CheckAccess(resourceID string, operation string, sessionID string) error {
+func (u *Resources) CheckAccess(resourceID, operation, sessionID string) error {
 	resp, err := u.Client.Get(fmt.Sprintf(resourcesCheckAccess, resourceID, operation, sessionID))
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "request failed")
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (u *Resources) Create(resourceID string, operations []string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (u *Resources) Grant(resourceID string, rolepath string, operations []string) error {
+func (u *Resources) Grant(resourceID, rolepath string, operations []string) error {
 	body := make([]ResourcesRole, len(operations))
 	for index, operation := range operations {
 		body[index] = ResourcesRole{rolepath, operation}
diff --git a/sam/repository/event_queue.go b/sam/repository/event_queue.go
index 09fc8bfce..d7d4e7ad1 100644
--- a/sam/repository/event_queue.go
+++ b/sam/repository/event_queue.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type (
 	EventQueue interface {
 		EventQueuePull(origin uint64) ([]*types.EventQueueItem, error)
 		EventQueuePush(eqi *types.EventQueueItem) error
-		EventQueueSync(origin uint64, ID uint64) error
+		EventQueueSync(origin, id uint64) error
 	}
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (r *repository) EventQueuePush(eqi *types.EventQueueItem) error {
 	return r.db().Quiet().Insert("event_queue", eqi)
 }
 
-func (r *repository) EventQueueSync(origin uint64, ID uint64) error {
+func (r *repository) EventQueueSync(origin, id uint64) error {
 	type evqs struct {
 		Origin    uint64 `db:"origin"`
 		LastEvent uint64 `db:"rel_last"`
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (r *repository) EventQueueSync(origin uint64, ID uint64) error {
 	// @todo do we even need this?
 	return r.db().Quiet().Replace("event_queue_synced", evqs{
 		Origin:    origin,
-		LastEvent: ID,
+		LastEvent: id,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/sam/service/pubsub.go b/sam/service/pubsub.go
index 53b767e13..dface8327 100644
--- a/sam/service/pubsub.go
+++ b/sam/service/pubsub.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (ps *PubSub) Subscribe(onStart func() error, onMessage func(channel string,
 	}
 }
 
-func (ps *PubSub) Publish(channel string, payload string) error {
+func (ps *PubSub) Publish(channel, payload string) error {
 	// main redis connection
 	conn, err := ps.dial()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/sam/start.go b/sam/start.go
index fc9a59845..aaf7abb58 100644
--- a/sam/start.go
+++ b/sam/start.go
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ func Init() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// @todo: profiling as an external service?
 	switch config.db.profiler {
 	case "stdout":
 		db.Profiler = &factory.Database.ProfilerStdout
-		// @todo: profiling as an external service?
+	default:
+		fmt.Println("No database query profiler selected")
 	}
 
 	// configure resputil options