diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cc668f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: "2"
+linters:
+  exclusions:
+    rules:
+      - path: _test\.go
+        linters:
+          errcheck
diff --git a/bench_test.go b/bench_test.go
index c79e647..f1257db 100644
--- a/bench_test.go
+++ b/bench_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func BenchmarkMulti(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func MkdirBench(b *testing.B) string {
-	name := strings.Replace(b.Name(), "/", "_", -1)
+	name := strings.ReplaceAll(b.Name(), "/", "_")
 
 	currentDir, err := os.Getwd()
 	require.NoError(b, err)
diff --git a/blocking.go b/blocking.go
index b632a07..d54baff 100644
--- a/blocking.go
+++ b/blocking.go
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ func (l *blockingLog) ConsumeBlocking(ctx context.Context, offset int64, maxCoun
 	if err := l.notify.Wait(ctx, offset); err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
-	return l.Log.Consume(offset, maxCount)
+	return l.Consume(offset, maxCount)
 }
 
 func (l *blockingLog) ConsumeByKeyBlocking(ctx context.Context, key []byte, offset int64, maxCount int64) (int64, []Message, error) {
 	if err := l.notify.Wait(ctx, offset); err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
-	return l.Log.ConsumeByKey(key, offset, maxCount)
+	return l.ConsumeByKey(key, offset, maxCount)
 }
 
 func (l *blockingLog) Close() error {
diff --git a/index/format.go b/index/format.go
index fc6b7d8..5331deb 100644
--- a/index/format.go
+++ b/index/format.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func Write(path string, opts Params, index []Item) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer w.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = w.Close() }() // ignoring since its only applicable if an error has happened
 
 	for _, item := range index {
 		if err := w.Write(item); err != nil {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func Read(path string, opts Params) ([]Item, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read index open: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = f.Close() }()
 
 	stat, err := os.Stat(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index fefe369..5af27dc 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -267,10 +267,10 @@ func (l *log) GetByKey(key []byte) (message.Message, error) {
 	for i := len(l.readers) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		rdr := l.readers[i]
 
-		switch msg, err := rdr.GetByKey(key, hash, tctx); {
-		case err == nil:
+		switch msg, err := rdr.GetByKey(key, hash, tctx); err {
+		case nil:
 			return msg, nil
-		case err == index.ErrKeyNotFound:
+		case index.ErrKeyNotFound:
 			// not in this segment, try the rest
 		default:
 			return message.Invalid, err
@@ -303,15 +303,15 @@ func (l *log) GetByTime(start time.Time) (message.Message, error) {
 	for i := len(l.readers) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		rdr := l.readers[i]
 
-		switch msg, err := rdr.GetByTime(ts, tctx); {
-		case err == nil:
+		switch msg, err := rdr.GetByTime(ts, tctx); err {
+		case nil:
 			return msg, nil
-		case err == index.ErrTimeBeforeStart:
+		case index.ErrTimeBeforeStart:
 			// not in this segment, try the rest
 			if i == 0 {
 				return rdr.Get(message.OffsetOldest)
 			}
-		case err == index.ErrTimeAfterEnd:
+		case index.ErrTimeAfterEnd:
 			// time is between end of this and begin next
 			if i < len(l.readers)-1 {
 				nextRdr := l.readers[i+1]
diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index c6c1418..b6e0325 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ func (r *reader) ConsumeByKey(key, keyHash []byte, offset, maxCount int64) (int6
 	}
 
 	positions, err := ix.Keys(keyHash)
-	switch {
-	case err == nil:
+	switch err {
+	case nil:
 		break
-	case err == index.ErrKeyNotFound:
+	case index.ErrKeyNotFound:
 		nextOffset, err := ix.GetNextOffset()
 		if err != nil {
 			return OffsetInvalid, nil, err
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ func (r *reader) ConsumeByKey(key, keyHash []byte, offset, maxCount int64) (int6
 	defer r.messagesInuse.Add(-1)
 
 	var msgs []message.Message
-	for i := 0; i < len(positions); i++ {
-		msg, err := messages.Get(positions[i])
+	for _, position := range positions {
+		msg, err := messages.Get(position)
 		if err != nil {
 			return OffsetInvalid, nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/segment/segment.go b/segment/segment.go
index ba06b64..6fe3c8f 100644
--- a/segment/segment.go
+++ b/segment/segment.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (s Segment) Check(params index.Params) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer log.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = log.Close() }()
 
 	var position, indexTime int64
 	var logIndex []index.Item
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ func (s Segment) Recover(params index.Params) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer log.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = log.Close() }()
 
 	restore, err := message.OpenWriter(s.Log + ".recover")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer restore.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = restore.Close() }() // ignoring since its only applicable if an error has happened
 
 	var position, indexTime int64
 	var corrupted = false
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (s Segment) Reindex(params index.Params) ([]index.Item, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer log.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = log.Close() }()
 
 	return s.ReindexReader(params, log)
 }
@@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ func (src Segment) Rewrite(dropOffsets map[int64]struct{}, params index.Params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer srcLog.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = srcLog.Close() }()
 
 	dstLog, err := message.OpenWriter(dst.Log)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer dstLog.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = dstLog.Close() }() // ignoring since its only applicable if an error has happened
 
 	result.SurviveOffsets = map[int64]struct{}{}
 	result.DeletedOffsets = map[int64]struct{}{}
diff --git a/segment/utils.go b/segment/utils.go
index d2dd92e..71dbb29 100644
--- a/segment/utils.go
+++ b/segment/utils.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("copy src open: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer fsrc.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = fsrc.Close() }()
 
 	stat, err := fsrc.Stat()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("copy dst open: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer fdst.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = fdst.Close() }() // ignoring since its only applicable if an error has happened
 
 	switch n, err := io.Copy(fdst, fsrc); {
 	case err != nil:
diff --git a/typed_blocking.go b/typed_blocking.go
index 17b9c51..974fdf8 100644
--- a/typed_blocking.go
+++ b/typed_blocking.go
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ func (l *tlogBlocking[K, V]) ConsumeBlocking(ctx context.Context, offset int64,
 	if err := l.notify.Wait(ctx, offset); err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
-	return l.TLog.Consume(offset, maxCount)
+	return l.Consume(offset, maxCount)
 }
 
 func (l *tlogBlocking[K, V]) ConsumeByKeyBlocking(ctx context.Context, key K, empty bool, offset int64, maxCount int64) (int64, []TMessage[K, V], error) {
 	if err := l.notify.Wait(ctx, offset); err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
-	return l.TLog.ConsumeByKey(key, empty, offset, maxCount)
+	return l.ConsumeByKey(key, empty, offset, maxCount)
 }
 
 func (l *tlogBlocking[K, V]) Close() error {