diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b666ef..0335fb3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ anydb
 *.db
 coverage.out
 *.json
+releases
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fbbf7b9..4eaf482 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ ifdef HAVE_POD
 	echo "var manpage = \`" >> cmd/$*.go
 	pod2text $*.pod >> cmd/$*.go
 	echo "\`" >> cmd/$*.go
-
-	echo "var usage = \`" >> cmd/$*.go
-	awk '/SYNOPS/{f=1;next} /DESCR/{f=0} f' $*.pod  | sed 's/^    //' >> cmd/$*.go
-	echo "\`" >> cmd/$*.go
 endif
 
+# echo "var usage = \`" >> cmd/$*.go
+# awk '/SYNOPS/{f=1;next} /DESCR/{f=0} f' $*.pod  | sed 's/^    //' >> cmd/$*.go
+# echo "\`" >> cmd/$*.go
+
 buildlocal:
 	go build -ldflags "-X 'github.com/tlinden/anydb/cfg.VERSION=$(VERSION)'"
 
diff --git a/app/db.go b/app/db.go
index 94a8453..450a3d1 100644
--- a/app/db.go
+++ b/app/db.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ const BucketData string = "data"
 
 func New(file string, debug bool) (*DB, error) {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Dir(file)); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(file), 0700)
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(file), 0700); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return &DB{Debug: debug, Dbfile: file}, nil
diff --git a/output/list.go b/output/list.go
index 429608a..a824ad7 100644
--- a/output/list.go
+++ b/output/list.go
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ func List(writer io.Writer, conf *cfg.Config, entries app.DbEntries) error {
 	default:
 		return errors.New("unsupported mode")
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 func ListJson(writer io.Writer, conf *cfg.Config, entries app.DbEntries) error {