diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_builder.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_builder.go
index a493ae651..ef27bd4c0 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_builder.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (self *CmdObjBuilder) NewFromArgs(args []string) ICmdObj {
 }
 
 func (self *CmdObjBuilder) NewShell(commandStr string) ICmdObj {
-	quotedCommand := ""
+	var quotedCommand string
 	// Windows does not seem to like quotes around the command
 	if self.platform.OS == "windows" {
 		quotedCommand = strings.NewReplacer(
diff --git a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
index a301d0447..b10a83078 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) getCurrentBranch(path string) string {
 		if err == nil {
 			content := strings.TrimSpace(string(headFile))
 			refsPrefix := "ref: refs/heads/"
-			branchDisplay := ""
+			var branchDisplay string
 			if strings.HasPrefix(content, refsPrefix) {
 				// is a branch
 				branchDisplay = strings.TrimPrefix(content, refsPrefix)