diff --git a/.revive.toml b/.revive.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 74743d5..0000000
--- a/.revive.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-ignoreGeneratedHeader = false
-severity = "warning"
-confidence = 0.8
-errorCode = 1
-warningCode = 1
-
-[rule.blank-imports]
-[rule.context-as-argument]
-[rule.context-keys-type]
-[rule.dot-imports]
-[rule.error-return]
-[rule.error-strings]
-[rule.error-naming]
-[rule.exported]
-[rule.if-return]
-[rule.increment-decrement]
-[rule.var-naming]
-[rule.var-declaration]
-[rule.package-comments]
-[rule.range]
-[rule.receiver-naming]
-[rule.time-naming]
-[rule.unexported-return]
-[rule.indent-error-flow]
-[rule.errorf]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 744f9fc..a693ba5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fmt:
 
 lint:
 	go get -u github.com/mgechev/revive
-	revive -config .revive.toml -exclude=./vendor/... ./... || exit 1
+	revive -formatter friendly -exclude=./vendor/... ./... || exit 1
 
 
 test: build-docker-image
diff --git a/models/db.go b/models/db.go
index b128ffe..3e5d619 100644
--- a/models/db.go
+++ b/models/db.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ func connectToDb() {
 
 	orm.DefaultTimeLoc = time.UTC
 
-	POSTGRES_DB_URL := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_DB_URL")
+	dbURL := os.Getenv("POSTGRES_DB_URL")
 
 	orm.RegisterDriver("postgres", orm.DRPostgres)
-	orm.RegisterDataBase("default", "postgres", POSTGRES_DB_URL)
+	orm.RegisterDataBase("default", "postgres", dbURL)
 	orm.SetMaxIdleConns("default", 1)
 	orm.SetMaxOpenConns("default", 5)
 
diff --git a/models/merp.go b/models/merp.go
index b64d478..95b4122 100644
--- a/models/merp.go
+++ b/models/merp.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package models
 
 import "time"
 
-// Merps are the primary database item in merp
+// Merp is the data model for storing merps in the db
 type Merp struct {
 	ID       int       `orm:"auto;column(id)"`
 	Content  string    `json:"content" orm:"type(jsonb);column(content)"`