diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 5d6e777..ee73d67 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func (c *Client) handleShell(channel ssh.Channel) {
 				if !c.Server.IsOp(c) {
 					c.SysMsg("You're not an admin.")
 				} else {
-					var split []string = strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
+					var split = strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
 					var msg string
 					if len(split) > 1 {
 						msg = split[1]
diff --git a/colors.go b/colors.go
index 73139e8..c0e5a0f 100644
--- a/colors.go
+++ b/colors.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const (
 var colors = []string{"31", "32", "33", "34", "35", "36", "37", "91", "92", "93", "94", "95", "96", "97"}
 
 // deColor is used for removing ANSI Escapes
-var deColor *regexp.Regexp = regexp.MustCompile("\033\\[[\\d;]+m")
+var deColor = regexp.MustCompile("\033\\[[\\d;]+m")
 
 // DeColorString removes all color from the given string
 func DeColorString(s string) string {