diff --git a/server/common/config.go b/server/common/config.go
index c71ff327..ef424029 100644
--- a/server/common/config.go
+++ b/server/common/config.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (this *Configuration) Initialise() {
 	}
 	if env := os.Getenv("APPLICATION_URL"); env != "" {
 		shouldSave = true
-		this.Get("general.host").Set(env).String()
+		_ = this.Get("general.host").Set(env).String()
 	}
 	if this.Get("general.secret_key").String() == "" {
 		shouldSave = true
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (this *Configuration) Initialise() {
 	InitSecretDerivate(this.Get("general.secret_key").String())
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) Save() Configuration {
+func (this *Configuration) Save() {
 	// convert config data to an appropriate json struct
 	form := append(this.Form, Form{Title: "connections"})
 	v := Form{Form: form}.ToJSON(func(el FormElement) string {
@@ -353,10 +353,9 @@ func (this Configuration) Save() Configuration {
 	if err := SaveConfig(PrettyPrint([]byte(v))); err != nil {
 		Log.Error("config::save %s", err.Error())
 	}
-	return this
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) Export() interface{} {
+func (this *Configuration) Export() interface{} {
 	return struct {
 		Editor                  string            `json:"editor"`
 		ForkButton              bool              `json:"fork_button"`
@@ -482,7 +481,7 @@ func (this *Configuration) Set(value interface{}) *Configuration {
 	return this
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) String() string {
+func (this *Configuration) String() string {
 	val := this.Interface()
 	switch val.(type) {
 	case string:
@@ -493,7 +492,7 @@ func (this Configuration) String() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) Int() int {
+func (this *Configuration) Int() int {
 	val := this.Interface()
 	switch val.(type) {
 	case float64:
@@ -506,7 +505,7 @@ func (this Configuration) Int() int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) Bool() bool {
+func (this *Configuration) Bool() bool {
 	val := this.Interface()
 	switch val.(type) {
 	case bool:
@@ -515,7 +514,7 @@ func (this Configuration) Bool() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) Interface() interface{} {
+func (this *Configuration) Interface() interface{} {
 	if this.currentElement == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -526,7 +525,7 @@ func (this Configuration) Interface() interface{} {
 	return val
 }
 
-func (this Configuration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+func (this *Configuration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	form := this.Form
 	form = append(form, Form{
 		Title: "constant",
diff --git a/server/common/default.go b/server/common/default.go
index b10dee3d..2d8b7ce2 100644
--- a/server/common/default.go
+++ b/server/common/default.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var USER_AGENT = fmt.Sprintf("Filestash/%s.%s (http://filestash.app)", APP_VERSI
 
 var HTTPClient = http.Client{
 	Timeout: 5 * time.Hour,
-	Transport: NewTransormedTransport(http.Transport{
+	Transport: NewTransformedTransport(&http.Transport{
 		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
 			Timeout:   10 * time.Second,
 			KeepAlive: 10 * time.Second,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var HTTPClient = http.Client{
 
 var HTTP = http.Client{
 	Timeout: 10000 * time.Millisecond,
-	Transport: NewTransormedTransport(http.Transport{
+	Transport: NewTransformedTransport(&http.Transport{
 		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
 			Timeout:   5000 * time.Millisecond,
 			KeepAlive: 5000 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ var DefaultTLSConfig = tls.Config{
 	},
 }
 
-func NewTransormedTransport(transport http.Transport) http.RoundTripper {
-	return &TransformedTransport{&transport}
+func NewTransformedTransport(transport *http.Transport) http.RoundTripper {
+	return &TransformedTransport{transport}
 }
 
 type TransformedTransport struct {
diff --git a/server/ctrl/config.go b/server/ctrl/config.go
index 216c4511..cd7f99b5 100644
--- a/server/ctrl/config.go
+++ b/server/ctrl/config.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 var configpath = filepath.Join(GetCurrentDir(), CONFIG_PATH, "config.json")
 
 func PrivateConfigHandler(ctx *App, res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	SendSuccessResult(res, Config)
+	SendSuccessResult(res, &Config)
 }
 
 func PrivateConfigUpdateHandler(ctx *App, res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {