diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
index 36ea6e9..f35a545 100644
--- a/render.go
+++ b/render.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	errorCodes = map[int]string{
+	statuses = map[int]string{
 		400: "Bad request",
 		401: "Unauthorized",
 		404: "Not found",
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ var (
 	errorBadRequest  = errors.New("password is empty")
 )
 
-func errPage(code int, details ...string) *Note {
-	text := errorCodes[code]
+func responsePage(code int, details ...string) *Note {
+	text := statuses[code]
 	body := text
 	if len(details) > 0 {
 		body += ": " + strings.Join(details, ";")
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func md2html(c echo.Context, name string) (*Note, int) {
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Logger().Errorf("couldn't open markdown page %q: %v", path, err)
 		code := http.StatusServiceUnavailable
-		return errPage(code), code
+		return responsePage(code), code
 	}
 	c.Logger().Debugf("rendering markdown page %q", name)
 	return &Note{Title: name, Content: mdTmplHTML(mdContent)}, http.StatusOK
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 8dd3464..44fe558 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -115,29 +114,25 @@ func main() {
 		if !legitAccess(c) {
 			code := http.StatusTooManyRequests
 			c.Logger().Errorf("rate limit exceeded for %s", c.Request().RemoteAddr)
-			return c.Render(code, "Note", errPage(code))
+			return c.Render(code, "Note", responsePage(code))
 		}
-		vals, err := c.FormParams()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if get(vals, "tos") != "on" {
+		if c.FormValue("tos") != "on" {
 			code := http.StatusPreconditionFailed
 			c.Logger().Errorf("POST /note error: %d", code)
-			return c.Render(code, "Note", errPage(code))
+			return c.Render(code, "Note", responsePage(code))
 		}
-		text := get(vals, "text")
+		text := c.FormValue("text")
 		if 10 > len(text) || len(text) > 50000 {
 			code := http.StatusBadRequest
 			c.Logger().Errorf("POST /note error: %d", code)
 			return c.Render(code, "Note",
-				errPage(code, "note length not accepted"))
+				responsePage(code, "note length not accepted"))
 		}
-		id := get(vals, "id")
+		id := c.FormValue("id")
 		n := &Note{
 			ID:       id,
 			Text:     text,
-			Password: get(vals, "password"),
+			Password: c.FormValue("password"),
 		}
 		n, err = save(c, db, n)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -149,7 +144,7 @@ func main() {
 				code = http.StatusBadRequest
 			}
 			c.Logger().Errorf("POST /note error: %d", code)
-			return c.Render(code, "Note", errPage(code, err.Error()))
+			return c.Render(code, "Note", responsePage(code, err.Error()))
 		}
 		c.Logger().Debugf("note %q saved", n.ID)
 		return c.Redirect(http.StatusMovedPermanently, "/"+n.ID)
@@ -158,15 +153,6 @@ func main() {
 	e.Logger.Fatal(e.Start(":3000"))
 }
 
-func get(vals url.Values, key string) string {
-	if list, found := vals[key]; found {
-		if len(list) == 1 {
-			return list[0]
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
 func fraudelent(n *Note) bool {
 	stripped := rexpLink.ReplaceAllString(n.Text, "")
 	l1 := len(n.Text)
diff --git a/storage.go b/storage.go
index bdee77e..59c426d 100644
--- a/storage.go
+++ b/storage.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func load(c echo.Context, db *sql.DB) (*Note, int) {
 	if err := row.Scan(&id, &text, &published, &editedVal, &password, &views); err != nil {
 		c.Logger().Error(err)
 		code := http.StatusNotFound
-		return errPage(code), code
+		return responsePage(code), code
 	}
 	n := &Note{
 		ID:        id,