diff --git a/.revive.toml b/.revive.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b7a772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.revive.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+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 a693ba5..b6933a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ fmt:
 	go fmt *.go
 
 lint:
-	go get -u github.com/mgechev/revive
-	revive -formatter friendly -exclude=./vendor/... ./... || exit 1
+	which revive || go get -u github.com/mgechev/revive
+	revive -formatter friendly -config .revive.toml -exclude=./vendor/... ./... || exit 1
 
 
 test: build-docker-image
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3ec74e5..f4c1265 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ go 1.13
 require (
 	github.com/astaxie/beego v1.12.0
 	github.com/dn365/gin-zerolog v0.0.0-20171227063204-b43714b00db1
+	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.4.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.6 // indirect
+	github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20190921121421-c36f7dcfbb81 // indirect
+	github.com/mgechev/revive v0.0.0-20191017201419-88015ccf8e97 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191029031824-8986dd9e96cf
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191105231009-c1f44814a5cd // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191107185733-c07e1c6ef61c // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.5 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1f48ac0..aef9b50 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r7JcOSlj0wfOMncg0iLm8Leh48TZaKVeNIfJntJ2wa0=
 github.com/OwnLocal/goes v1.0.0/go.mod h1:8rIFjBGTue3lCU0wplczcUgt9Gxgrkkrw7etMIcn8TM=
 github.com/astaxie/beego v1.12.0 h1:MRhVoeeye5N+Flul5PoVfD9CslfdoH+xqC/xvSQ5u2Y=
@@ -18,6 +20,12 @@ github.com/dn365/gin-zerolog v0.0.0-20171227063204-b43714b00db1 h1:qwfOp+dwJnhdR
 github.com/dn365/gin-zerolog v0.0.0-20171227063204-b43714b00db1/go.mod h1:AAlcXL9Ejp3TUsJRWJtjbIpK3p1L9z987raCTYL17j4=
 github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v0.0.0-20170320065105-0bce6a688712/go.mod h1:YO35OhQPt3KJa3ryjFM5Bs14WD66h8eGKpfaBNrHW5M=
 github.com/elazarl/go-bindata-assetfs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:v+YaWX3bdea5J/mo8dSETolEo7R71Vk1u8bnjau5yw4=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
+github.com/fatih/structtag v1.0.0 h1:pTHj65+u3RKWYPSGaU290FpI/dXxTaHdVwVwbcPKmEc=
+github.com/fatih/structtag v1.0.0/go.mod h1:IKitwq45uXL/yqi5mYghiD3w9H6eTOvI9vnk8tXMphA=
+github.com/fatih/structtag v1.1.0 h1:6j4mUV/ES2duvnAzKMFkN6/A5mCaNYPD3xfbAkLLOF8=
+github.com/fatih/structtag v1.1.0/go.mod h1:mBJUNpUnHmRKrKlQQlmCrh5PuhftFbNv8Ys4/aAZl94=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20190301062529-5545eab6dad3 h1:t8FVkw33L+wilf2QiWkw0UV77qRpcH/JHPKGpKa2E8g=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20190301062529-5545eab6dad3/go.mod h1:VJ0WA2NBN22VlZ2dKZQPAPnyWw5XTlK1KymzLKsr59s=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.4.0 h1:3tMoCCfM7ppqsR0ptz/wi1impNpT7/9wQtMZ8lr1mCQ=
@@ -37,14 +45,39 @@ github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCV
 github.com/lib/pq v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0 h1:LXpIM/LZ5xGFhOpXAQUIMM1HdyqzVYM13zNdjCEEcA0=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2 h1:/bC9yWikZXAL9uJdulbSfyVNIR3n3trXl+v8+1sx8mU=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4 h1:snbPLB8fVfU9iwbbo30TPtbLRzwWu6aJS6Xh4eaaviA=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.4/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7 h1:UvyT9uN+3r7yLEYSlJsbQGdsaB/a0DlgWP3pql6iwOc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.9 h1:d5US/mDsogSGW37IV293h//ZFaeajb69h+EHFsv2xGg=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.9/go.mod h1:YNRxwqDuOph6SZLI9vUUz6OYw3QyUt7WiY2yME+cCiQ=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10 h1:qxFzApOv4WsAL965uUPIsXzAKCZxN2p9UqdhFS4ZW10=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.10/go.mod h1:qgIWMr58cqv1PHHyhnkY9lrL7etaEgOFcMEpPG5Rm84=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4 h1:2BvfKmzob6Bmd4YsL0zygOqfdFnK7GR4QL06Do4/p7Y=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.6 h1:V2iyH+aX9C5fsYCpK60U8BYIvmhqxuOL3JZcqc1NB7k=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.6/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.10.0 h1:jbhqpg7tQe4SupckyijYiy0mJJ/pRyHvXf7JdWK860o=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.10.0/go.mod h1:FPy6KqzDD04eiIsT53CuJW3U88zkxoIYsOqkbpncsNc=
+github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20181228164730-18fa4c4b71cc h1:SQHr6jXnsY5YmRoO7RWDcZjmC3PgwPW/xQ9TYJ/SiRY=
+github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20181228164730-18fa4c4b71cc/go.mod h1:KQ7+USdGKfpPjXk4Ga+5XxQM4Lm4e3gAogrreFAYpOg=
+github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20190921121421-c36f7dcfbb81 h1:QASJXOGm2RZ5Ardbc86qNFvby9AqkLDibfChMtAg5QM=
+github.com/mgechev/dots v0.0.0-20190921121421-c36f7dcfbb81/go.mod h1:KQ7+USdGKfpPjXk4Ga+5XxQM4Lm4e3gAogrreFAYpOg=
+github.com/mgechev/revive v0.0.0-20191017201419-88015ccf8e97 h1:/traC0Wb959khmF0vgFqbE8uRhYfauj07hBuMcTFgow=
+github.com/mgechev/revive v0.0.0-20191017201419-88015ccf8e97/go.mod h1:37hJOqkogcmT5nmiriskuzkdJ/YhMlZwFSg87NDZbco=
+github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
+github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd h1:TRLaZ9cD/w8PVh93nsPXa1VrQ6jlwL5oN8l14QlcNfg=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 h1:9f412s+6RmYXLWZSEzVVgPGK7C2PphHj5RJrvfx9AWI=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
+github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.1 h1:b3iUnf1v+ppJiOfNX4yxxqfWKMQPZR5yoh8urCTFX88=
+github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.1/go.mod h1:vsDQFd/mU46D+Z4whnwzcISnGGzXWMclvtLoiIKAKIo=
+github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.2 h1:sq53g+DWf0J6/ceFUHpQ0nAEb6WgM++fq16MZ91cS6o=
+github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.2/go.mod h1:rSAaSIOAGT9odnlyGlUfAJaoc5w2fSBUmeGDbRWPxyQ=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
@@ -80,10 +113,19 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d h1:+R4KGOnez64A81RvjARKc4UT5/tI9ujCIVX+P5KiHuI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a h1:aYOabOQFp6Vj6W1F80affTUvO9UxmJRx8K0gsfABByQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191008105621-543471e840be/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191105231009-c1f44814a5cd h1:3x5uuvBgE6oaXJjCOvpCC1IpgJogqQ+PqGGU3ZxAgII=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191105231009-c1f44814a5cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190816200558-6889da9d5479/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190828213141-aed303cbaa74 h1:4cFkmztxtMslUX2SctSl+blCyXfpzhGOy9LhKAqSMA4=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190828213141-aed303cbaa74/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191107185733-c07e1c6ef61c h1:Qt1WYboHEeHaS/fP0fLmCKuwYQtLpZ4GkGewvC29TaE=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191107185733-c07e1c6ef61c/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.5 h1:tycE03LOZYQNhDpS27tcQdAzLCVMaj7QT2SXxebnpCM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.5/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8c331f0..5e8f3aa 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ package main
 
 import "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 
+//revive:disable
 var Version string
 var Buildtime string
 var Builduser string
 var Buildarch string
 var Appname string
 
+//revive:enable
+
 func main() {
 	initLogging()
 	identify()
diff --git a/merp.go b/merp.go
index e3ad09f..d00574b 100644
--- a/merp.go
+++ b/merp.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func thingRegex() *regexp.Regexp {
 	return ThingRegex
 }
 
-func decodeJson(in []byte) interface{} {
+func decodeJSON(in []byte) interface{} {
 	var out interface{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal(in, &out)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ func decodeJson(in []byte) interface{} {
 	return out
 }
 
-func GetLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
-	THING_REGEX := thingRegex()
+func getLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
+	ThingRegex := thingRegex()
 	orm := models.GetOrmObject()
 
 	h := func(c *gin.Context) {
 		thing := c.Param("thing")
-		if THING_REGEX.MatchString(thing) == false {
+		if ThingRegex.MatchString(thing) == false {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusPreconditionFailed, gin.H{
 				"this":    "failed",
 				"status":  http.StatusPreconditionFailed,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func GetLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
 		for _, merp := range merps {
 			outelem := make(map[string]interface{})
 			outelem["thing"] = merp.Thing
-			outjs := decodeJson([]byte(merp.Content))
+			outjs := decodeJSON([]byte(merp.Content))
 			if outjs == nil {
 				outelem["content"] = gin.H{}
 			} else {
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ func GetLatestMerps() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return h
 }
 
-func GetLatestMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
-	THING_REGEX := thingRegex()
+func getLatestMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
+	ThingRegex := thingRegex()
 
 	h := func(c *gin.Context) {
 		thing := c.Param("thing")
-		if THING_REGEX.MatchString(thing) == false {
+		if ThingRegex.MatchString(thing) == false {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusPreconditionFailed, gin.H{
 				"this":    "failed",
 				"status":  http.StatusPreconditionFailed,
@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ func GetLatestMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	return h
 }
 
-func HandleNewMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
+func handleNewMerp() gin.HandlerFunc {
 	// server startup time
 
-	THING_REGEX := thingRegex()
+	ThingRegex := thingRegex()
 	// establish db connection *first*, before requests
 	orm := models.GetOrmObject()
 
 	h := func(c *gin.Context) {
 		// request time
 		thing := c.Param("thing")
-		if THING_REGEX.MatchString(thing) == false {
+		if ThingRegex.MatchString(thing) == false {
 			log.Debug().Msgf("%s didnt match", thing)
 			c.JSON(http.StatusPreconditionFailed, gin.H{
 				"this":    "failed",
diff --git a/models/db.go b/models/db.go
index 3e5d619..723adcf 100644
--- a/models/db.go
+++ b/models/db.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import "os"
 import "time"
 import "github.com/astaxie/beego/orm"
 import "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-import _ "github.com/lib/pq"
+import _ "github.com/lib/pq" //revive:disable-line
 
 var ormObject orm.Ormer
 
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index a800b18..c205734 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ func getRouter() *gin.Engine {
 	// call it, it returns the appropriate handler function
 	// so we can execute some code at startup time
 	// and not just request time
-	r.GET("/merp/for/:thing", HandleNewMerp())
-	r.GET("/get/latest/merp/for/:thing", GetLatestMerp())
-	r.GET("/get/merps/for/:thing", GetLatestMerps())
+	r.GET("/merp/for/:thing", handleNewMerp())
+	r.GET("/get/latest/merp/for/:thing", getLatestMerp())
+	r.GET("/get/merps/for/:thing", getLatestMerps())
 
 	return r
 }