diff --git a/pkg/chart/chart.go b/pkg/chart/chart.go
index 5b19bb3b..f235d333 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/chart.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/chart.go
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ func (t *Testing) CheckVersionIncrement(chart *Chart) error {
 	}
 
 	if result >= 0 {
-		return errors.New("chart version not ok. Needs a version bump! ")
+		return errors.New("chart version not ok. Needs a version bump!")
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Chart version ok.")
diff --git a/pkg/tool/kubectl.go b/pkg/tool/kubectl.go
index ed707a7c..d6040890 100644
--- a/pkg/tool/kubectl.go
+++ b/pkg/tool/kubectl.go
@@ -184,14 +184,16 @@ func (k Kubectl) WaitForDeployments(namespace string, selector string) error {
 }
 
 func (k Kubectl) GetPodsforDeployment(namespace string, deployment string) ([]string, error) {
-	jsonString, _ := k.exec.RunProcessAndCaptureStdout("kubectl",
+	jsonString, err := k.exec.RunProcessAndCaptureStdout("kubectl",
 		fmt.Sprintf("--request-timeout=%s", k.timeout),
 		"get", "deployment", deployment, "--namespace", namespace, "--output=json")
-	var deploymentMap map[string]any
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &deploymentMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	var deploymentMap map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonString), &deploymentMap); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	spec := deploymentMap["spec"].(map[string]any)
 	selector := spec["selector"].(map[string]any)
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index f084fd45..98540368 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 
 const chars = "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
 
+var sanitizeNameRe = regexp.MustCompile("^[^a-zA-Z0-9]+")
+
 type Maintainer struct {
 	Name  string `yaml:"name"`
 	Email string `yaml:"email"`
@@ -217,14 +219,12 @@ func GithubGroupsEnd(w io.Writer) {
 }
 
 func SanitizeName(s string, maxLength int) string {
-	reg := regexp.MustCompile("^[^a-zA-Z0-9]+")
-
 	excess := len(s) - maxLength
 	result := s
 	if excess > 0 {
 		result = s[excess:]
 	}
-	return reg.ReplaceAllString(result, "")
+	return sanitizeNameRe.ReplaceAllString(result, "")
 }
 
 func GetRandomPort() (int, error) {