diff --git a/internal/models/templatecache.go b/internal/models/templatecache.go
index 4da6c13..bd4690a 100644
--- a/internal/models/templatecache.go
+++ b/internal/models/templatecache.go
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ type TemplateCacheItem struct {
 }
 
 // Execute writes the template to the supplied writer using the supplied data.
-func (self *TemplateCacheItem) Execute(d *TemplateData, w http.ResponseWriter) error {
+func (item *TemplateCacheItem) Execute(d *TemplateData, w http.ResponseWriter) error {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	err := self.Template.Execute(buf, d)
+	err := item.Template.Execute(buf, d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/render/render.go b/internal/render/render.go
index 5513cc7..ee01306 100644
--- a/internal/render/render.go
+++ b/internal/render/render.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func GetTemplateFromCache(filename string) (*models.TemplateCacheItem, error) {
 	if template, ok := app.TemplateCache.Cache[filename]; ok {
 		return &template, nil
 	} else {
-		return &models.TemplateCacheItem{}, errors.New("Couldn't load template from cache")
+		return &models.TemplateCacheItem{}, errors.New("couldn't load template from cache")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/td/td.go b/internal/td/td.go
index c7e47d5..9f9fec1 100644
--- a/internal/td/td.go
+++ b/internal/td/td.go
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ func LoadTemplateData(page string) (models.TemplateData, error) {
 	}
 
 	// couldn't load anything from file
-	return models.TemplateData{}, errors.New("Couldn't load data from file")
+	return models.TemplateData{}, errors.New("couldn't load data from file")
 }