diff --git a/proxmox/config_pool.go b/proxmox/config_pool.go
index ae0ff51c..fb85346c 100644
--- a/proxmox/config_pool.go
+++ b/proxmox/config_pool.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/internal/util"
 )
 
 func ListPools(c *Client) ([]PoolName, error) {
@@ -69,8 +71,7 @@ func (ConfigPool) mapToSDK(params map[string]interface{}) (config ConfigPool) {
 		config.Name = PoolName(v.(string))
 	}
 	if v, isSet := params["comment"]; isSet {
-		tmp := v.(string)
-		config.Comment = &tmp
+		config.Comment = util.Pointer(v.(string))
 	}
 	if v, isSet := params["members"]; isSet {
 		guests := make([]uint, 0)
diff --git a/proxmox/config_qemu.go b/proxmox/config_qemu.go
index e997f8cd..4816a1b7 100644
--- a/proxmox/config_qemu.go
+++ b/proxmox/config_qemu.go
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func (ConfigQemu) mapToStruct(vmr *VmRef, params map[string]interface{}) (*Confi
 			id := rxDeviceID.FindStringSubmatch(unusedDiskName)
 			diskID, err := strconv.Atoi(id[0])
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf(fmt.Sprintf("Unable to parse unused disk id from input string '%v' tried to convert '%v' to integer.", unusedDiskName, diskID))
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse unused disk id from input string '%v' tried to convert '%v' to integer", unusedDiskName, diskID)
 			}
 			finalDiskConfMap["slot"] = diskID
 
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ const (
 
 func (id QemuNetworkInterfaceID) Validate() error {
 	if id > 31 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(QemuNetworkInterfaceID_Error_Invalid)
+		return errors.New(QemuNetworkInterfaceID_Error_Invalid)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/proxmox/config_qemu_cloudinit.go b/proxmox/config_qemu_cloudinit.go
index 7e2dee45..aaf1b7ee 100644
--- a/proxmox/config_qemu_cloudinit.go
+++ b/proxmox/config_qemu_cloudinit.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/internal/util"
 )
 
 var regexMultipleNewlineEncoded = regexp.MustCompile(`(%0A)+`)
@@ -140,13 +142,11 @@ func (CloudInit) mapToSDK(params map[string]interface{}) *CloudInit {
 		set = true
 	}
 	if v, isSet := params["cipassword"]; isSet {
-		tmp := v.(string)
-		ci.UserPassword = &tmp
+		ci.UserPassword = util.Pointer(v.(string))
 		set = true
 	}
 	if v, isSet := params["ciupgrade"]; isSet {
-		tmp := Itob(int(v.(float64)))
-		ci.UpgradePackages = &tmp
+		ci.UpgradePackages = util.Pointer(Itob(int(v.(float64))))
 		set = true
 	}
 	if v, isSet := params["ciuser"]; isSet {
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ func (CloudInit) mapToSDK(params map[string]interface{}) *CloudInit {
 		}
 	}
 	if v, isSet := params["sshkeys"]; isSet {
-		tmp := sshKeyUrlDecode(v.(string))
-		ci.PublicSSHkeys = &tmp
+		ci.PublicSSHkeys = util.Pointer(sshKeyUrlDecode(v.(string)))
 		set = true
 	}
 	var dnsSet bool
diff --git a/proxmox/config_qemu_memory.go b/proxmox/config_qemu_memory.go
index e85c0be2..baa7e301 100644
--- a/proxmox/config_qemu_memory.go
+++ b/proxmox/config_qemu_memory.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package proxmox
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/internal/parse"
 )
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (config QemuMemory) Validate(current *QemuMemory) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		if config.CapacityMiB != nil && QemuMemoryCapacity(*config.MinimumCapacityMiB) > *config.CapacityMiB {
-			return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemory_Error_MinimumCapacityMiB_GreaterThan_CapacityMiB)
+			return errors.New(QemuMemory_Error_MinimumCapacityMiB_GreaterThan_CapacityMiB)
 		}
 		eventualMinimumCapacityMiB = *config.MinimumCapacityMiB
 		eventualCapacityMiB = QemuMemoryCapacity(eventualMinimumCapacityMiB)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (config QemuMemory) Validate(current *QemuMemory) error {
 		eventualCapacityMiB = *current.CapacityMiB
 	}
 	if eventualCapacityMiB == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemory_Error_NoMemoryCapacity)
+		return errors.New(QemuMemory_Error_NoMemoryCapacity)
 	}
 	if config.Shares != nil {
 		if err := config.Shares.Validate(); err != nil {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (config QemuMemory) Validate(current *QemuMemory) error {
 		}
 		if *config.Shares > 0 {
 			if eventualCapacityMiB == QemuMemoryCapacity(eventualMinimumCapacityMiB) {
-				return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemory_Error_SharesHasNoEffectWithoutBallooning)
+				return errors.New(QemuMemory_Error_SharesHasNoEffectWithoutBallooning)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ const (
 
 func (m QemuMemoryBalloonCapacity) Validate() error {
 	if m > qemuMemoryBalloonCapacity_Max {
-		return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemoryBalloonCapacity_Error_Invalid)
+		return errors.New(QemuMemoryBalloonCapacity_Error_Invalid)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ const (
 
 func (m QemuMemoryCapacity) Validate() error {
 	if m == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemoryCapacity_Error_Minimum)
+		return errors.New(QemuMemoryCapacity_Error_Minimum)
 	}
 	if m > qemuMemoryCapacity_Max {
-		return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemoryCapacity_Error_Maximum)
+		return errors.New(QemuMemoryCapacity_Error_Maximum)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ const (
 
 func (m QemuMemoryShares) Validate() error {
 	if m > qemuMemoryShares_Max {
-		return fmt.Errorf(QemuMemoryShares_Error_Invalid)
+		return errors.New(QemuMemoryShares_Error_Invalid)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/proxmox/snapshot.go b/proxmox/snapshot.go
index e78ea87c..363f904b 100644
--- a/proxmox/snapshot.go
+++ b/proxmox/snapshot.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package proxmox
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -200,15 +201,15 @@ func (name SnapshotName) Validate() error {
 	regex, _ := regexp.Compile(`^([a-zA-Z])([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|_|-){2,39}$`)
 	if !regex.Match([]byte(name)) {
 		if len(name) < 3 {
-			return fmt.Errorf(SnapshotName_Error_MinLength)
+			return errors.New(SnapshotName_Error_MinLength)
 		}
 		if len(name) > 40 {
-			return fmt.Errorf(SnapshotName_Error_MaxLength)
+			return errors.New(SnapshotName_Error_MaxLength)
 		}
 		if !unicode.IsLetter(rune(name[0])) {
-			return fmt.Errorf(SnapshotName_Error_StartNoLetter)
+			return errors.New(SnapshotName_Error_StartNoLetter)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf(SnapshotName_Error_IllegalCharacters)
+		return errors.New(SnapshotName_Error_IllegalCharacters)
 	}
 	return nil
 }