diff --git a/adding.go b/adding.go
index caa021a..7b28876 100644
--- a/adding.go
+++ b/adding.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (rl *Relay) AddEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) (skipBroadcast
 					case eventstore.ErrDupEvent:
 						return true, nil
 					default:
-						return false, fmt.Errorf(nostr.NormalizeOKMessage(err.Error(), "error"))
+						return false, fmt.Errorf("%s", nostr.NormalizeOKMessage(err.Error(), "error"))
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (rl *Relay) AddEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) (skipBroadcast
 						case eventstore.ErrDupEvent:
 							return true, nil
 						default:
-							return false, fmt.Errorf(nostr.NormalizeOKMessage(err.Error(), "error"))
+							return false, fmt.Errorf("%s", nostr.NormalizeOKMessage(err.Error(), "error"))
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (rl *Relay) AddEvent(ctx context.Context, evt *nostr.Event) (skipBroadcast
 							case eventstore.ErrDupEvent:
 								return true, nil
 							default:
-								return false, fmt.Errorf(nostr.NormalizeOKMessage(saveErr.Error(), "error"))
+								return false, fmt.Errorf("%s", nostr.NormalizeOKMessage(saveErr.Error(), "error"))
 							}
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/relay.go b/relay.go
index 0c5c4f2..a94fcdc 100644
--- a/relay.go
+++ b/relay.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (rl *Relay) getBaseURL(r *http.Request) string {
 	if proto == "" {
 		if host == "localhost" {
 			proto = "http"
-		} else if strings.Index(host, ":") != -1 {
+		} else if strings.Contains(host, ":") {
 			// has a port number
 			proto = "http"
 		} else if _, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.ReplaceAll(host, ".", "")); err == nil {