diff --git a/src/app/fdctl/monitor/helper.c b/src/app/fdctl/monitor/helper.c
index 3a2375eabd..2fb6fc60ef 100644
--- a/src/app/fdctl/monitor/helper.c
+++ b/src/app/fdctl/monitor/helper.c
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ printf_heart( char ** buf,
 char const *
 sig_color( ulong sig ) {
   switch( sig ) {
-  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_BOOT: return TEXT_BLUE;   break; /* Blue -> waiting for tile to start */
-  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_HALT: return TEXT_YELLOW; break; /* Yellow -> waiting for tile to process */
-  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_RUN:  return TEXT_GREEN;  break; /* Green -> Normal */
-  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_FAIL: return TEXT_RED;    break; /* Red -> Definitely abnormal */
+  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_BOOT: return TEXT_BLUE;   /* Blue -> waiting for tile to start */
+  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_HALT: return TEXT_YELLOW; /* Yellow -> waiting for tile to process */
+  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_RUN:  return TEXT_GREEN;  /* Green -> Normal */
+  case FD_CNC_SIGNAL_FAIL: return TEXT_RED;    /* Red -> Definitely abnormal */
   default: break; /* Unknown, don't colorize */
   }
   return TEXT_NORMAL;
diff --git a/src/ballet/http/fd_http_server.c b/src/ballet/http/fd_http_server.c
index fa85df1fc9..a9797ea68c 100644
--- a/src/ballet/http/fd_http_server.c
+++ b/src/ballet/http/fd_http_server.c
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ read_conn_ws( fd_http_server_t * http,
     len_bytes = 9UL;
   } else {
     FD_LOG_ERR(( "unexpected payload_len %lu", payload_len )); /* Silence clang sanitizer, not possible */
-    return;
   }
 
   ulong header_len = 1UL+len_bytes+4UL;
@@ -883,8 +882,7 @@ write_conn_http( fd_http_server_t * http,
       }
       break;
     default:
-      FD_LOG_ERR(( "invalid server state" ));
-      return;
+      FD_LOG_ERR(( "invalid server state (%d)", conn->state ));
   }
 
   long sz = send( http->pollfds[ conn_idx ].fd, response+conn->response_bytes_written, response_len-conn->response_bytes_written, MSG_NOSIGNAL );
diff --git a/src/waltz/ip/test_netlink.c b/src/waltz/ip/test_netlink.c
index eacc51ee3a..9ca0e3b6eb 100644
--- a/src/waltz/ip/test_netlink.c
+++ b/src/waltz/ip/test_netlink.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ main( int argc, char **argv ) {
 
   if( fd_nl_init( nl, 1234U ) ) {
     FD_LOG_ERR(( "Unable to initialize netlink fd_nl_init" ));
-    exit(1);
   }
 
 #define ROUTE_TABLE_CAP 32