diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 6104fd7..8d8baaf 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -5,20 +5,15 @@ linters:
   enable-all: true
   disable:
     # deprecated
-    - maligned
-    - scopelint
-    - interfacer
-    - golint
-    - exhaustivestruct
-    - nosnakecase
-    - structcheck
-    - deadcode
-    - varcheck
-    - ifshort
+    - gomnd
+    - execinquery
     # unused
     - nlreturn
     - exhaustruct
     - depguard
+    # requires go 1.22
+    - copyloopvar
+    - intrange
 
 output:
   sort-results: true
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dbd1cba..811bc10 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module golift.io/xtractr
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 // indirect
 	go4.org v0.0.0-20230225012048-214862532bf5 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a217a9d..e52fd80 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/start.go b/start.go
index 3eddac2..296293c 100644
--- a/start.go
+++ b/start.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package xtractr
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ type Xtractr struct {
 
 // Custom errors returned by this module.
 var (
-	ErrQueueStopped       = fmt.Errorf("extractor queue stopped, cannot extract")
-	ErrNoCompressedFiles  = fmt.Errorf("no compressed files found")
-	ErrUnknownArchiveType = fmt.Errorf("unknown archive file type")
-	ErrInvalidPath        = fmt.Errorf("archived file contains invalid path")
-	ErrInvalidHead        = fmt.Errorf("archived file contains invalid header file")
-	ErrQueueRunning       = fmt.Errorf("extractor queue running, cannot start")
-	ErrNoConfig           = fmt.Errorf("call NewQueue() to initialize a queue")
-	ErrNoLogger           = fmt.Errorf("xtractr.Config.Logger must be non-nil")
+	ErrQueueStopped       = errors.New("extractor queue stopped, cannot extract")
+	ErrNoCompressedFiles  = errors.New("no compressed files found")
+	ErrUnknownArchiveType = errors.New("unknown archive file type")
+	ErrInvalidPath        = errors.New("archived file contains invalid path")
+	ErrInvalidHead        = errors.New("archived file contains invalid header file")
+	ErrQueueRunning       = errors.New("extractor queue running, cannot start")
+	ErrNoConfig           = errors.New("call NewQueue() to initialize a queue")
+	ErrNoLogger           = errors.New("xtractr.Config.Logger must be non-nil")
 )
 
 // NewQueue returns a new Xtractr Queue you can send Xtract jobs into.