diff --git a/http/handler_test.go b/http/handler_test.go
index fa9b5fed8..53c7d2da2 100644
--- a/http/handler_test.go
+++ b/http/handler_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ func TestMarshalUnmarshalTransactionResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			mytr := &http.TransactionResponse{}
-			json.Unmarshal(data, mytr)
+			err = json.Unmarshal(data, mytr)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("unmarshalling: %v", err)
+			}
 
 			if mytr.Error != tst.tr.Error {
 				t.Errorf("errors mismatch:exp/got \n%v\n%v", tst.tr.Error, mytr.Error)
diff --git a/transaction_test.go b/transaction_test.go
index a05c220fb..171d1bbab 100644
--- a/transaction_test.go
+++ b/transaction_test.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func TestInMemTransactionStore(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected transaction for blah: %+v", t)
 	}
 
-	trns, err = ims.Get("nope")
+	_, err = ims.Get("nope")
 	if err != pilosa.ErrTransactionNotFound {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}