diff --git a/files/list_test.go b/files/list_test.go
index adcfc80..fb9138c 100644
--- a/files/list_test.go
+++ b/files/list_test.go
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ var testCasesListFiles = map[string]listFilesTest{
 		},
 		preRun: func() {
 			// create an empty directory
-			os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(wd, "test_data/list_test3/a/empty"), 0644)
+			_ = os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(wd, "test_data/list_test3/a/empty"), 0644)
 		},
 		postRun: func() {
 			// remove empty directory
-			os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(wd, "test_data/list_test3/a/empty"))
+			_ = os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(wd, "test_data/list_test3/a/empty"))
 		},
 		expected: []string{
 			"test_data/list_test3/.steampipe",
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ var testCasesListFiles = map[string]listFilesTest{
 		},
 		preRun: func() {
 			// create an empty directory
-			os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(wd, "test_data/list_test3/a/empty"), 0644)
+			_ = os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(wd, "test_data/list_test3/a/empty"), 0644)
 		},
 		postRun: func() {
 			// remove empty directory
diff --git a/files/match_test.go b/files/match_test.go
index 748707f..724a03d 100644
--- a/files/match_test.go
+++ b/files/match_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package files
 
 import (
-	"github.com/turbot/go-kit/helpers"
+	"slices"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ var matchTests = map[string]matchTestCase{
 func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	var testNames = []string{}
 	for name, test := range matchTests {
-		if len(testNames) > 0 && !helpers.StringSliceContains(testNames, name) {
+		if len(testNames) > 0 && !slices.Contains(testNames, name) {
 			continue
 		}
 		actual := Match(test.pattern, test.file)
diff --git a/helpers/errors.go b/helpers/errors.go
index 70ae6a2..6153fc8 100644
--- a/helpers/errors.go
+++ b/helpers/errors.go
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
 package helpers
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func CombineErrorsWithPrefix(prefix string, errors ...error) error {
-	if len(errors) == 0 {
+func CombineErrorsWithPrefix(prefix string, errorList ...error) error {
+	if len(errorList) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if len(errors) == 1 {
+	if len(errorList) == 1 {
 		if len(prefix) == 0 {
-			return errors[0]
+			return errorList[0]
 		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s - %s", prefix, errors[0].Error())
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s - %s", prefix, errorList[0].Error())
 		}
 	}
 
 	combinedErrorString := []string{prefix}
-	for _, e := range errors {
+	for _, e := range errorList {
 		combinedErrorString = append(combinedErrorString, e.Error())
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(combinedErrorString, "\n\t"))
+	return errors.New(strings.Join(combinedErrorString, "\n\t"))
 }
 
 func CombineErrors(errors ...error) error {
diff --git a/logging/rotatinglogwriter.go b/logging/rotatinglogwriter.go
index 2d345f5..15c7df5 100644
--- a/logging/rotatinglogwriter.go
+++ b/logging/rotatinglogwriter.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func (w *RotatingLogWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		w.currentWriter, err = os.OpenFile(w.currentPath, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0666)
 		if err != nil {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to open steampipe log file: %s", err.Error())
+			return 0, err
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/types/type_checks_test.go b/types/type_checks_test.go
index e36af73..8ba389b 100644
--- a/types/type_checks_test.go
+++ b/types/type_checks_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ type typeCheckInput struct {
 	_uint64  uint64
 	_float32 float32
 	_float64 float64
-	_byte    byte // is this required as it's an alias for uint8?
 	_bool    bool
 	_slice   []string
 	_array   [3]string