diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index da2d391..0000000
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-# This file contains all available configuration options
-# with their default values.
-
-# options for analysis running
-run:
-  # default concurrency is a available CPU number
-  concurrency: 4
-
-  # timeout for analysis, e.g. 30s, 5m, default is 1m
-  deadline: 1m
-
-  # exit code when at least one issue was found, default is 1
-  issues-exit-code: 1
-
-  # include test files or not, default is true
-  tests: true
-
-  # which dirs to skip: they won't be analyzed;
-  # can use regexp here: generated.*, regexp is applied on full path;
-  # default value is empty list, but next dirs are always skipped independently
-  # from this option's value:
-  #   	vendor$, third_party$, testdata$, examples$, Godeps$, builtin$
-  skip-dirs:
-    - gen-go/apache/aurora/
-
-# output configuration options
-output:
-  # colored-line-number|line-number|json|tab|checkstyle|code-climate, default is "colored-line-number"
-  format: colored-line-number
-
-  # print lines of code with issue, default is true
-  print-issued-lines: true
-
-  # print linter name in the end of issue text, default is true
-  print-linter-name: true
-
-
-# all available settings of specific linters
-linters-settings:
-  errcheck:
-    # report about not checking of errors in type assetions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
-    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
-    check-type-assertions: true
-
-    # report about assignment of errors to blank identifier: `num, _ := strconv.Atoi(numStr)`;
-    # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
-    check-blank: true
-  govet:
-    # report about shadowed variables
-    check-shadowing: true
-  goconst:
-    # minimal length of string constant, 3 by default
-    min-len: 3
-    # minimal occurrences count to trigger, 3 by default
-    min-occurrences: 2
-  misspell:
-    # Correct spellings using locale preferences for US or UK.
-    # Default is to use a neutral variety of English.
-    # Setting locale to US will correct the British spelling of 'colour' to 'color'.
-    locale: US
-  lll:
-    # max line length, lines longer will be reported. Default is 120.
-    # '\t' is counted as 1 character by default, and can be changed with the tab-width option
-    line-length: 120
-    # tab width in spaces. Default to 1.
-    tab-width: 4
-
-linters:
-  enable:
-    - megacheck
-    - govet
-    - goimports
-    - lll
-    - misspell
-    - goconst
-    - dupl
-  enable-all: false
-  fast: false
diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index 9099693..3a095b9 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/apache/thrift/lib/go/thrift"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 	"github.com/paypal/gorealis/gen-go/apache/aurora"
 	"github.com/paypal/gorealis/response"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 const VERSION = "1.21.1"
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ func BackOff(b Backoff) ClientOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func insecureSkipVerify(insecureSkipVerify bool) ClientOption {
+func InsecureSkipVerify(insecureSkipVerify bool) ClientOption {
 	return func(config *RealisConfig) {
 		config.insecureSkipVerify = insecureSkipVerify
 	}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 12ec07a..f554b90 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func validateAuroraURL(urlStr string) (string, error) {
+func validateAuroraURL(location string) (string, error) {
 
 	// If no protocol defined, assume http
-	if !strings.Contains(urlStr, "://") {
-		urlStr = "http://" + urlStr
+	if !strings.Contains(location, "://") {
+		location = "http://" + location
 	}
 
-	u, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
+	u, err := url.Parse(location)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "error parsing url")