diff --git a/functions.go b/functions.go
index 7aa882c..2721472 100644
--- a/functions.go
+++ b/functions.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func (config *Config) GetConfig() error {
 	var gogsconfig GogsConfig
 
 	flag.Usage = Usage
+
 	flag.StringVar(&configfile, "configfile", "github-to-gogs.ini", "config file to use with github-to-gogs section")
 	flag.Parse()
 
@@ -93,15 +94,16 @@ func GetReposFromGitHub(config *Config) ([]GitHubRepo, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		respbody, err := GetResponseBody(resp)
+		respbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		err = json.Unmarshal(*respbody, &repopartiallist)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(respbody, &repopartiallist)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+
 		for _, elem := range repopartiallist {
 			repofulllist = append(repofulllist, elem)
 		}
@@ -131,15 +133,6 @@ func InvokeGitHub(config *Config, url string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-// GetResponseBody converts http responses bodies as bytes slice
-func GetResponseBody(resp *http.Response) (*[]byte, error) {
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &bodyBytes, nil
-}
-
 // CheckGogsExistingRepo checks if there's an existing repository in gogs
 func CheckGogsExistingRepo(config *Config, repo GitHubRepo) (bool, error) {
 	var isexists bool
@@ -193,9 +186,9 @@ func (config *Config) GetGogsUserUID() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	respbody, err := GetResponseBody(resp)
+	respbody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 
-	err = json.Unmarshal(*respbody, &gogsorg)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(respbody, &gogsorg)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = errors.New("Failed to parse user ID from gogs webservice, check auth")
 		return err
@@ -231,7 +224,6 @@ func MigrateReposToGogs(config *Config, wg *sync.WaitGroup, jobs chan GitHubRepo
 		elem, more := <-jobs
 		if more {
 			client := &http.Client{}
-			var resp *http.Response
 
 			existingrepo, err := CheckGogsExistingRepo(config, elem)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -252,10 +244,12 @@ func MigrateReposToGogs(config *Config, wg *sync.WaitGroup, jobs chan GitHubRepo
 				client.Timeout = config.globalconfig.RequestTimeout
 
 				fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Migrating repo %s to gogs rest api", elem.Name))
-				resp, err = client.Do(req)
+
+				resp, err := client.Do(req)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
+
 				if resp.StatusCode != 201 {
 					err = fmt.Errorf("Error when migrating repo %s to gogs with status code %d on gogs webservice", elem.Name, resp.StatusCode)
 					log.Println(err)