diff --git a/plugins/config/config.go b/plugins/config/config.go
index 61d4ddbd1..401ff3c35 100644
--- a/plugins/config/config.go
+++ b/plugins/config/config.go
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/common"
 	configenv "github.com/dokku/dokku/plugins/config/src/configenv"
-	columnize "github.com/ryanuber/columnize"
 )
 
 //GetWithDefault gets a value from a config. If appName is empty the global config is used.
-func GetWithDefault(appName string, key string, defaultValue string) string {
+func GetWithDefault(appName string, key string, defaultValue string) (value string) {
 	env, err := loadConfig(appName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return defaultValue
@@ -18,12 +17,12 @@ func GetWithDefault(appName string, key string, defaultValue string) string {
 }
 
 //HasKey determines if the config given by appName has a value for the given key
-func HasKey(appName string, key string) bool {
+func HasKey(appName string, key string) (ok bool) {
 	env, err := loadConfig(appName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	_, ok := env.Get(key)
+	_, ok = env.Get(key)
 	return ok
 }
 
@@ -68,22 +67,9 @@ func UnsetMany(appName string, keys []string, restart bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-//PrettyPrintEnvEntries in columns
-func PrettyPrintEnvEntries(prefix string, entries map[string]string) string {
-	colConfig := columnize.DefaultConfig()
-	colConfig.Prefix = prefix
-	colConfig.Delim = "\x00"
-	lines := make([]string, 0, len(entries))
-	for k, v := range entries {
-		lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf("%s:\x00%s", k, v))
-	}
-	return columnize.Format(lines, colConfig)
-}
-
 //GetCommonArgs extracts common positional args (appName and keys)
-func GetCommonArgs(global bool, args []string) (string, []string) {
+func GetCommonArgs(global bool, args []string) (appName string, keys []string) {
 	nextArg := 0
-	appName := ""
 	if !global {
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			appName = args[0]
@@ -94,12 +80,12 @@ func GetCommonArgs(global bool, args []string) (string, []string) {
 			nextArg++
 		}
 	}
-	keys := args[nextArg:]
+	keys = args[nextArg:]
 	return appName, keys
 }
 
 //GetConfig for the given app (global config if appName is empty). Merge with global config if merged is true.
-func GetConfig(appName string, merged bool) *configenv.Env {
+func GetConfig(appName string, merged bool) (env *configenv.Env) {
 	env, err := loadConfig(appName)
 	if err != nil {
 		common.LogFail(err.Error())
@@ -121,7 +107,7 @@ func Restart(appName string) {
 	common.PlugnTrigger("app-restart", appName)
 }
 
-func loadConfig(appName string) (*configenv.Env, error) {
+func loadConfig(appName string) (env *configenv.Env, err error) {
 	if appName == "" || appName == "--global" {
 		return configenv.LoadGlobal()
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/config/src/configenv/configenv.go b/plugins/config/src/configenv/configenv.go
index be8b1632d..c07c4a677 100644
--- a/plugins/config/src/configenv/configenv.go
+++ b/plugins/config/src/configenv/configenv.go
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ func (e *Env) ExportBundle(dest io.Writer) error {
 }
 
 //LoadApp loads an environment for the given app
-func LoadApp(appName string) (*Env, error) {
+func LoadApp(appName string) (env *Env, err error) {
 	appfile, err := getAppFile(appName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return
 	}
 	return loadFromFile(appName, appfile)
 }
@@ -137,15 +137,16 @@ func LoadGlobal() (*Env, error) {
 }
 
 //NewFromString creates an env from the given ENVFILE contents representation
-func NewFromString(rep string) (*Env, error) {
+func NewFromString(rep string) (env *Env, err error) {
 	envMap, err := godotenv.Unmarshal(rep)
-	env := &Env{
+	env = &Env{
 		"<unknown>",
 		"",
 		envMap,
 	}
-	return env, err
+	return
 }
+
 func loadFromFile(name string, filename string) (env *Env, err error) {
 	envMap := make(map[string]string)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(filename); err == nil {
@@ -178,19 +179,19 @@ func (e *Env) Unset(key string) {
 }
 
 //Keys gets the keys in this environment
-func (e *Env) Keys() []string {
-	keys := make([]string, 0, len(e.env))
+func (e *Env) Keys() (keys []string) {
+	keys = make([]string, 0, len(e.env))
 	for k := range e.env {
 		keys = append(keys, k)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(keys)
-	return keys
+	return
 }
 
 //Get an environment variable
-func (e *Env) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
-	v, ok := e.env[key]
-	return v, ok
+func (e *Env) Get(key string) (value string, ok bool) {
+	value, ok = e.env[key]
+	return
 }
 
 //GetDefault an environment variable or a default if it doesnt exist