diff --git a/internal/api/html/i18n.go b/internal/api/html/i18n.go
index 17f1cb4e1..79b35ccc2 100644
--- a/internal/api/html/i18n.go
+++ b/internal/api/html/i18n.go
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ func (t *Translator) localizer(langs ...string) *i18n.Localizer {
 
 func (t *Translator) langsFromRequest(r *http.Request) []string {
 	langs := make([]string, 0)
-	if r != nil {
-		lang, err := t.cookieHandler.GetCookieValue(r, t.cookieName)
-		if err == nil {
-			langs = append(langs, lang)
-		}
-		langs = append(langs, r.Header.Get(api.AcceptLanguage))
+	if r == nil {
+		return langs
 	}
-	return langs
+	lang, err := t.cookieHandler.GetCookieValue(r, t.cookieName)
+	if err == nil {
+		langs = append(langs, lang)
+	}
+	return append(langs, r.Header.Get(api.AcceptLanguage))
 }
diff --git a/internal/api/html/renderer.go b/internal/api/html/renderer.go
index 182087e31..97a684263 100644
--- a/internal/api/html/renderer.go
+++ b/internal/api/html/renderer.go
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ func NewRenderer(templatesDir string, tmplMapping map[string]string, funcs map[s
 
 func (r *Renderer) RenderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, tmpl *template.Template, data interface{}, reqFuncs map[string]interface{}) {
 	reqFuncs = r.registerTranslateFn(req, reqFuncs)
-	if err := tmpl.Funcs(reqFuncs).Execute(w, data); err != nil {
-		logging.Log("HTML-lF8F6w").WithError(err).WithField("template", tmpl.Name).Error("error rendering template")
-	}
+	err := tmpl.Funcs(reqFuncs).Execute(w, data)
+	logging.LogWithFields("HTML-lF8F6w", "template", tmpl.Name).OnError(err).Error("error rendering template")
 }
 
 func (r *Renderer) Localize(id string, args map[string]interface{}) string {
diff --git a/internal/api/http/cookie.go b/internal/api/http/cookie.go
index a28791aaf..f2e28b529 100644
--- a/internal/api/http/cookie.go
+++ b/internal/api/http/cookie.go
@@ -85,10 +85,7 @@ func (c *CookieHandler) GetEncryptedCookieValue(r *http.Request, name string, va
 	if c.securecookie == nil {
 		return errors.ThrowInternal(nil, "HTTP-X6XpnL", "securecookie not configured")
 	}
-	if err := c.securecookie.Decode(name, cookie.Value, value); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return c.securecookie.Decode(name, cookie.Value, value)
 }
 
 func (c *CookieHandler) SetCookie(w http.ResponseWriter, name string, value string) {