diff --git a/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go b/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
index 99e3fc63d..63a47d10c 100644
--- a/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/windows_exporter/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ package main
 //goland:noinspection GoUnsortedImport
 //nolint:gofumpt
 import (
+	// Its important that we do these first so that we can register with the Windows service control ASAP to avoid timeouts.
+	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/windowsservice"
+
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -34,9 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	// Its important that we do these first so that we can register with the Windows service control ASAP to avoid timeouts.
-	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/windowsservice"
-
 	"github.com/alecthomas/kingpin/v2"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/httphandler"
diff --git a/pkg/collector/collection.go b/pkg/collector/collection.go
index 8a47067ae..c79f36386 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/collection.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/collection.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (c *Collection) Build(logger *slog.Logger) error {
 
 	close(errCh)
 
-	var errs []error
+	errs := make([]error, 0, len(c.collectors))
 
 	for err := range errCh {
 		if errors.Is(err, perfdata.ErrNoData) ||