diff --git a/cmd/unicreds/main.go b/cmd/unicreds/main.go
index 071b177..1a4fc27 100644
--- a/cmd/unicreds/main.go
+++ b/cmd/unicreds/main.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/apex/log"
 	"github.com/apex/log/handlers/cli"
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	app   = kingpin.New("unicreds", "A credential/secret storage command line tool.")
-	debug = app.Flag("debug", "Enable debug mode.").Short('d').Bool()
-	csv   = app.Flag("csv", "Enable csv output for table data.").Short('c').Bool()
+	app = kingpin.New("unicreds", "A credential/secret storage command line tool.")
+	csv = app.Flag("csv", "Enable csv output for table data.").Short('c').Bool()
 
 	region = app.Flag("region", "Configure the AWS region").Short('r').String()
 
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ func getRegion() (*string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Strip last char
-	r := string(contents[0:len(string(contents))-1])
+	r := string(contents[0 : len(string(contents))-1])
 	return &r, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/encode.go b/encode.go
index bef75e3..75368be 100644
--- a/encode.go
+++ b/encode.go
@@ -75,15 +75,3 @@ func encodeStruct(name string, val reflect.Value) (map[string]*dynamodb.Attribut
 
 	return data, nil
 }
-
-func encodePtr(name string, rawVal interface{}) (map[string]*dynamodb.AttributeValue, error) {
-
-	val := reflect.ValueOf(rawVal)
-
-	valType := val.Elem().Type()
-	fmt.Printf("val Type %+v\n", valType)
-
-	realVal := reflect.New(valType)
-	reflect.Copy(realVal, reflect.ValueOf(rawVal))
-	return Encode(realVal)
-}