diff --git a/cmd/decode.go b/cmd/decode.go
index 7cb677f..4a4f5ff 100644
--- a/cmd/decode.go
+++ b/cmd/decode.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lbryio/lbry.go/v2/schema/stake"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
diff --git a/cmd/populatedb.go b/cmd/populatedb.go
index 4dad52a..21652e4 100644
--- a/cmd/populatedb.go
+++ b/cmd/populatedb.go
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ func populateDbCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	blobs, err := speedwalk.AllFiles(diskStorePath, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 	err = localDb.AddBlobs(blobs)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("error while storing to db: %s", errors.FullTrace(err))
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index d5e3bd7..63b80f7 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ func mustGetFlagInt64(cmd *cobra.Command, name string) int64 {
 	return v
 }
 
-func mustGetFlagBool(cmd *cobra.Command, name string) bool {
-	v, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool(name)
-	checkErr(err)
-	return v
-}
+//func mustGetFlagBool(cmd *cobra.Command, name string) bool {
+//	v, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool(name)
+//	checkErr(err)
+//	return v
+//}
diff --git a/db/db.go b/db/db.go
index a8abe82..5242a0e 100644
--- a/db/db.go
+++ b/db/db.go
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ func (s *SQL) HasBlobs(hashes []string, touch bool) (map[string]bool, error) {
 
 	if touch {
 		if s.TrackAccess == TrackAccessBlobs {
-			s.touchBlobs(idsNeedingTouch)
+			_ = s.touchBlobs(idsNeedingTouch)
 		} else if s.TrackAccess == TrackAccessStreams {
-			s.touchStreams(idsNeedingTouch)
+			_ = s.touchStreams(idsNeedingTouch)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a1a1a97..562f8e8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ekyoung/gin-nice-recovery v0.0.0-20160510022553-1654dca486db
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.1
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gops v0.3.18
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
 )
 
 go 1.16
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4519831..a81f62e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRx
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0/go.mod h1:gf4bu3Q80BeJ6H1S1vYPm8/ELATdvryBaNFGgqEef3s=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
+github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1 h1:/s5zKNz0uPFCZ5hddgPdo2TK2TVrUNMn0OOX8/aZMTE=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hp+jE20tsWTFYpLwKvXlhS1hjn+gTNwPg2I6zVXpSg4=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
 github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20160516000752-02826c3e7903/go.mod h1:cIg4eruTrX1D+g88fzRXU5OdNfaM+9IcxsU14FzY7Hc=
@@ -877,8 +878,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.20.1-0.20200309200217-e05f789c0967/go.mod h1:A+miE
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.21.0/go.mod h1:47Nbq4nVaFHyn7ilMalzfO3qCViNmqZ2kzikPIcrTAo=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 h1:bxAC2xTBsZGibn2RTntX0oH50xLsqy1OxA9tTL3p/lk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 h1:SnqbnDw1V7RiZcXPx5MEeqPv2s79L9i7BJUlG/+RurQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/server/http/worker.go b/server/http/worker.go
index e5b5489..9b6fe3e 100644
--- a/server/http/worker.go
+++ b/server/http/worker.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ func InitWorkers(server *Server, workers int) {
 			}
 		}(i)
 	}
-	return
 }
 
 func enqueue(b *blobRequest) {
diff --git a/server/http3/store.go b/server/http3/store.go
index e25c6f1..8b75d81 100644
--- a/server/http3/store.go
+++ b/server/http3/store.go
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ func (p *Store) Delete(hash string) error {
 	return errors.Err(shared.ErrNotImplemented)
 }
 
-// Delete is not supported
+// Shutdown is not supported
 func (p *Store) Shutdown() {
-	return
 }
diff --git a/server/http3/worker.go b/server/http3/worker.go
index 91dfd02..563523e 100644
--- a/server/http3/worker.go
+++ b/server/http3/worker.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ func InitWorkers(server *Server, workers int) {
 			}
 		}(i)
 	}
-	return
 }
 
 func enqueue(b *blobRequest) {
diff --git a/server/peer/store.go b/server/peer/store.go
index c1682e8..858d584 100644
--- a/server/peer/store.go
+++ b/server/peer/store.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ func (p *Store) Delete(hash string) error {
 	return errors.Err(shared.ErrNotImplemented)
 }
 
-// Delete is not supported
+// Shutdown is not supported
 func (p *Store) Shutdown() {
-	return
 }
diff --git a/store/caching.go b/store/caching.go
index f4f4d28..f215795 100644
--- a/store/caching.go
+++ b/store/caching.go
@@ -104,5 +104,4 @@ func (c *CachingStore) Delete(hash string) error {
 func (c *CachingStore) Shutdown() {
 	c.origin.Shutdown()
 	c.cache.Shutdown()
-	return
 }
diff --git a/store/cloudfront_ro.go b/store/cloudfront_ro.go
index 56b1cfb..61438f4 100644
--- a/store/cloudfront_ro.go
+++ b/store/cloudfront_ro.go
@@ -107,5 +107,4 @@ func (c *CloudFrontROStore) Delete(_ string) error {
 
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
 func (c *CloudFrontROStore) Shutdown() {
-	return
 }
diff --git a/store/cloudfront_rw.go b/store/cloudfront_rw.go
index 0947e32..6425763 100644
--- a/store/cloudfront_rw.go
+++ b/store/cloudfront_rw.go
@@ -59,5 +59,4 @@ func (c *CloudFrontRWStore) Delete(hash string) error {
 func (c *CloudFrontRWStore) Shutdown() {
 	c.s3.Shutdown()
 	c.cf.Shutdown()
-	return
 }
diff --git a/store/dbbacked.go b/store/dbbacked.go
index 970cd54..013f06c 100644
--- a/store/dbbacked.go
+++ b/store/dbbacked.go
@@ -198,5 +198,4 @@ func (d *DBBackedStore) initBlocked() error {
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
 func (d *DBBackedStore) Shutdown() {
 	d.blobs.Shutdown()
-	return
 }
diff --git a/store/disk.go b/store/disk.go
index 7ddcc90..233123a 100644
--- a/store/disk.go
+++ b/store/disk.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
-	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/lbryio/reflector.go/shared"
@@ -23,25 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	writeCh = make(chan writeRequest)
-	for i := 0; i < runtime.NumCPU(); i++ {
-		go func() {
-			for {
-				select {
-				case r := <-writeCh:
-					err := ioutil.WriteFile(r.filename, r.data, r.perm)
-					if err != nil {
-						log.Errorf("could not write file %s to disk, failed with error: %s", r.filename, err.Error())
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-}
-
-var writeCh chan writeRequest
-
 // DiskStore stores blobs on a local disk
 type DiskStore struct {
 	// the location of blobs on disk
@@ -228,21 +208,6 @@ func (d *DiskStore) initOnce() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-type writeRequest struct {
-	filename string
-	data     []byte
-	perm     os.FileMode
-}
-
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
 func (d *DiskStore) Shutdown() {
-	return
-}
-
-func writeFile(filename string, data []byte, perm os.FileMode) {
-	writeCh <- writeRequest{
-		filename: filename,
-		data:     data,
-		perm:     perm,
-	}
 }
diff --git a/store/gcache.go b/store/gcache.go
index 9fe6e49..03e2829 100644
--- a/store/gcache.go
+++ b/store/gcache.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (l *GcacheStore) Get(hash string) (stream.Blob, shared.BlobTrace, error) {
 
 // Put stores the blob. Following LFUDA rules it's not guaranteed that a SET will store the value!!!
 func (l *GcacheStore) Put(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
-	l.cache.Set(hash, true)
+	_ = l.cache.Set(hash, true)
 	has, _ := l.Has(hash)
 	if has {
 		err := l.store.Put(hash, blob)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (l *GcacheStore) Put(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
 
 // PutSD stores the sd blob. Following LFUDA rules it's not guaranteed that a SET will store the value!!!
 func (l *GcacheStore) PutSD(hash string, blob stream.Blob) error {
-	l.cache.Set(hash, true)
+	_ = l.cache.Set(hash, true)
 	has, _ := l.Has(hash)
 	if has {
 		err := l.store.PutSD(hash, blob)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (l *GcacheStore) loadExisting(store lister, maxItems int) error {
 
 	added := 0
 	for _, h := range existing {
-		l.cache.Set(h, true)
+		_ = l.cache.Set(h, true)
 		added++
 		if maxItems > 0 && added >= maxItems { // underlying cache is bigger than the cache
 			break
@@ -156,5 +156,4 @@ func (l *GcacheStore) loadExisting(store lister, maxItems int) error {
 
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
 func (l *GcacheStore) Shutdown() {
-	return
 }
diff --git a/store/http.go b/store/http.go
index c563fa3..8f9f403 100644
--- a/store/http.go
+++ b/store/http.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (n *HttpStore) PutSD(string, stream.Blob) error {
 func (n *HttpStore) Delete(string) error {
 	return shared.ErrNotImplemented
 }
-func (n *HttpStore) Shutdown() { return }
+func (n *HttpStore) Shutdown() {}
 
 // buffer pool to reduce GC
 // https://www.captaincodeman.com/2017/06/02/golang-buffer-pool-gotcha
diff --git a/store/ittt.go b/store/ittt.go
index 3abac7c..359503d 100644
--- a/store/ittt.go
+++ b/store/ittt.go
@@ -70,6 +70,4 @@ func (c *ITTTStore) Delete(hash string) error {
 }
 
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
-func (c *ITTTStore) Shutdown() {
-	return
-}
+func (c *ITTTStore) Shutdown() {}
diff --git a/store/memory.go b/store/memory.go
index 62d1047..2e3aab3 100644
--- a/store/memory.go
+++ b/store/memory.go
@@ -77,6 +77,4 @@ func (m *MemStore) Debug() map[string]stream.Blob {
 }
 
 // Shutdown shuts down the store gracefully
-func (m *MemStore) Shutdown() {
-	return
-}
+func (m *MemStore) Shutdown() {}