diff --git a/cobra/cmd/helpers.go b/cobra/cmd/helpers.go
index e5324c53..a53ab2ef 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/helpers.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/helpers.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 )
 
-var projectPath string
-
 var cmdDirs = [...]string{"cmd", "cmds", "command", "commands"}
 var srcPaths []string
 
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/init_test.go b/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
index f9c9c46c..9a918b9b 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/init_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ func TestGoldenInitCmd(t *testing.T) {
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				ioutil.WriteFile(goldenPath, got, 0644)
+				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(goldenPath, got, 0644); err != nil {
+					t.Fatal("Error while updating file:", err)
+				}
 			}
 			return compareFiles(path, goldenPath)
 		}
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/project.go b/cobra/cmd/project.go
index a3e6d91c..29fe127a 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/project.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/project.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NewProject(projectName string) *Project {
 		}
 		for _, srcPath := range srcPaths {
 			goPath := filepath.Dir(srcPath)
-			if filepath.HasPrefix(wd, goPath) {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(wd, goPath) {
 				p.absPath = filepath.Join(srcPath, projectName)
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/cobra/cmd/project_test.go b/cobra/cmd/project_test.go
index 2774094c..0900b8cc 100644
--- a/cobra/cmd/project_test.go
+++ b/cobra/cmd/project_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestFindExistingPackage(t *testing.T) {
 
 func hasGoPathPrefix(path string) bool {
 	for _, srcPath := range srcPaths {
-		if filepath.HasPrefix(path, srcPath) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(path, srcPath) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}