diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a4860f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+linters-settings:
+  maligned:
+    suggest-new: true
+  misspell:
+    locale: US
+
+linters:
+  disable-all: true
+  enable:
+    - bodyclose
+    - deadcode
+    - dogsled
+    - dupl
+    - errcheck
+    - gochecknoglobals
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - gocognit
+    - goconst
+    - gocritic
+    - gocyclo
+    - goimports
+    - golint
+    - gosec
+    - gosimple
+    - govet
+    - ineffassign
+    - interfacer
+    - maligned
+    - misspell
+    - nakedret
+    - prealloc
+    - rowserrcheck
+    - scopelint
+    - staticcheck
+    - structcheck
+    - typecheck
+    - unconvert
+    - unparam
+    - unused
+    - varcheck
+    - whitespace
+
+run:
+  skip-dirs:
+    - .devcontainer
+    - .github
+    - postgres
+
+service:
+  golangci-lint-version: 1.27.x # use the fixed version to not introduce new linters unexpectedly
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ddfbcff..92d6bcc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,63 +1,66 @@
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.12
-ARG GO_VERSION=1.14
-ARG STACKEDIT_VERSION=v5.14.5
-
-FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} AS server
-RUN apk --update add git
-ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
-WORKDIR /tmp/gobuild
-COPY go.mod go.sum ./
-RUN go mod download 2>&1
-COPY main.go ./
-#RUN go test -v -race ./...
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.12
+ARG GO_VERSION=1.14
+ARG STACKEDIT_VERSION=v5.14.5
+
+FROM golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} AS server
+RUN apk --update add git
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=0
+RUN wget -O- -nv https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s ${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}
+WORKDIR /tmp/gobuild
+COPY .golangci.yml .
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download 2>&1
+COPY main.go ./
+#RUN go test -v -race ./...
+RUN golangci-lint run --timeout=10m
 RUN go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o app main.go
-
-FROM --platform=amd64 alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS stackedit
-ARG STACKEDIT_VERSION
-WORKDIR /stackedit
-RUN apk add -q --progress --update --no-cache git npm python2
-RUN wget -q https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/archive/${STACKEDIT_VERSION}.tar.gz -O stackedit.tar.gz && \
-    tar -xzf stackedit.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \
-    rm stackedit.tar.gz
-RUN npm install
-RUN npm audit fix
-ENV NODE_ENV=production
-RUN sed -i "s/assetsPublicPath: '\/',/assetsPublicPath: '.\/',/g" config/index.js && cat config/index.js
-RUN npm run build
-
-FROM scratch AS final
-ARG BUILD_DATE
-ARG VCS_REF
-ARG STACKEDIT_VERSION
-LABEL \
-    org.opencontainers.image.authors="quentin.mcgaw@gmail.com" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.created=$BUILD_DATE \
-    org.opencontainers.image.version=$STACKEDIT_VERSION \
-    org.opencontainers.image.revision=$VCS_REF \
-    org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/qdm12/stackedit-docker" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/qdm12/stackedit-docker/blob/master/README.md" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/qdm12/stackedit-docker" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.title="stackedit-docker" \
-    org.opencontainers.image.description="StackEdit server in a lightweight Docker container"
-EXPOSE 8000
-HEALTHCHECK --start-period=1s --interval=100s --timeout=2s --retries=1 CMD ["/server","healthcheck"]
-USER 1000
-ENTRYPOINT ["/server"]
-ENV \
-    LISTENING_PORT=8000 \
-    ROOT_URL=/ \
-    NODE_ENV=production \
-    PANDOC_PATH=pandoc \
-    WKHTMLTOPDF_PATH=wkhtmltopdf \
-    USER_BUCKET_NAME=stackedit-users \
-    PAYPAL_RECEIVER_EMAIL= \
-    DROPBOX_APP_KEY= \
-    DROPBOX_APP_KEY_FULL= \
-    GITHUB_CLIENT_ID= \
-    GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET= \
-    GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= \
-    GOOGLE_API_KEY= \
-    WORDPRESS_CLIENT_ID=
-COPY --from=stackedit --chown=1000 /stackedit/dist   /html/dist
-COPY --from=stackedit --chown=1000 /stackedit/static /html/static
-COPY --from=server --chown=1000 /tmp/gobuild/app /server
+
+FROM --platform=amd64 alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS stackedit
+ARG STACKEDIT_VERSION
+WORKDIR /stackedit
+RUN apk add -q --progress --update --no-cache git npm python2
+RUN wget -q https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/archive/${STACKEDIT_VERSION}.tar.gz -O stackedit.tar.gz && \
+    tar -xzf stackedit.tar.gz --strip-components=1 && \
+    rm stackedit.tar.gz
+RUN npm install
+RUN npm audit fix
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+RUN sed -i "s/assetsPublicPath: '\/',/assetsPublicPath: '.\/',/g" config/index.js && cat config/index.js
+RUN npm run build
+
+FROM scratch AS final
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+ARG VCS_REF
+ARG STACKEDIT_VERSION
+LABEL \
+    org.opencontainers.image.authors="quentin.mcgaw@gmail.com" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.created=$BUILD_DATE \
+    org.opencontainers.image.version=$STACKEDIT_VERSION \
+    org.opencontainers.image.revision=$VCS_REF \
+    org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/qdm12/stackedit-docker" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/qdm12/stackedit-docker/blob/master/README.md" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/qdm12/stackedit-docker" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.title="stackedit-docker" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.description="StackEdit server in a lightweight Docker container"
+EXPOSE 8000
+HEALTHCHECK --start-period=1s --interval=100s --timeout=2s --retries=1 CMD ["/server","healthcheck"]
+USER 1000
+ENTRYPOINT ["/server"]
+ENV \
+    LISTENING_PORT=8000 \
+    ROOT_URL=/ \
+    NODE_ENV=production \
+    PANDOC_PATH=pandoc \
+    WKHTMLTOPDF_PATH=wkhtmltopdf \
+    USER_BUCKET_NAME=stackedit-users \
+    PAYPAL_RECEIVER_EMAIL= \
+    DROPBOX_APP_KEY= \
+    DROPBOX_APP_KEY_FULL= \
+    GITHUB_CLIENT_ID= \
+    GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET= \
+    GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= \
+    GOOGLE_API_KEY= \
+    WORDPRESS_CLIENT_ID=
+COPY --from=stackedit --chown=1000 /stackedit/dist   /html/dist
+COPY --from=stackedit --chown=1000 /stackedit/static /html/static
+COPY --from=server --chown=1000 /tmp/gobuild/app /server