diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 54cda6a..6a68b00 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ linters:
     - inamedparam # reports interfaces with unnamed method parameters
     - interfacebloat # check for large interfaces
     - intrange # find places where for loops could make use of an integer range
-    - ireturn # Accept Interfaces, Return Concrete Types.
     - lll # check for long lines
     - maintidx # measures the maintainability index of each function
     - mirror # reports wrong mirror patterns of bytes/strings usage
@@ -123,6 +122,7 @@ linters:
     - mnd # too many detections
     - cyclop # covered by gocyclo
     - gochecknoglobals # there are many valid reasons for global variables, depending on the project
+    - ireturn # there are too many exceptions
 
 linters-settings:
   wsl:
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ linters-settings:
     line-length: 140
     tab-width: 1
 
+  nlreturn:
+    block-size: 2
+
   exhaustive:
     check-generated: false
     default-signifies-exhaustive: true
diff --git a/file.go b/file.go
index a9a266e..61a919e 100644
--- a/file.go
+++ b/file.go
@@ -11,28 +11,34 @@ import (
 func ReadFile(path string) (string, error) {
 	res, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not read file: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return string(res), nil
 }
 
 // WriteFile writes the given content to the given file.
 // Accepts a string or a byte slice.
 func WriteFile[T string | []byte](path string, content T) error {
-	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0644)
+	err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0o600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not write file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 // AppendToFile appends the given content to the given file.
 // Accepts a string or a byte slice.
 func AppendToFile[T string | []byte](path string, content T) error {
-	f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0o600)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not open file: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
+	defer file.Close()
 
-	if _, err = f.Write([]byte(content)); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if _, err = file.Write([]byte(content)); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not write to file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -49,23 +55,23 @@ func FileExists(path string) bool {
 func DownloadFile(url, path string) error {
 	out, err := os.Create(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not create file: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer out.Close()
 
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	resp, err := http.Get(url) //nolint:gosec // wrapper function
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not download file: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return fmt.Errorf("bad status: %s", resp.Status)
+		return fmt.Errorf("bad status: %s", resp.Status) //nolint: err113
 	}
 
 	_, err = io.Copy(out, resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not write file: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/to.go b/to.go
index ae64472..9d2e66d 100644
--- a/to.go
+++ b/to.go
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"atomicgo.dev/constraints"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"atomicgo.dev/constraints"
 )
 
 // ToJSON converts the given value to a JSON string.
 func ToJSON(v any) (string, error) {
 	r, err := json.Marshal(v)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not marshal json: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return string(r), nil
 }
 
@@ -24,8 +26,9 @@ func ToPrettyJSON(v any, indent ...string) (string, error) {
 
 	r, err := json.MarshalIndent(v, "", indent[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not marshal json: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return string(r), nil
 }
 
@@ -36,46 +39,47 @@ func ToString(v any) string {
 
 // ToInt converts the given value to an int.
 // If the value is a float, it will be rounded to the nearest integer. (Rounds up if the decimal is 0.5 or higher)
-func ToInt[T string | constraints.Number](v T) int {
-	switch v := any(v).(type) {
+func ToInt[T string | constraints.Number](value T) int {
+	switch value := any(value).(type) {
 	case int:
-		return v
+		return value
 	case int8:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case int16:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case int32:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case int64:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case uint:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case uint8:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case uint16:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case uint32:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case uint64:
-		return int(v)
+		return int(value)
 	case float32:
-		v += 0.5
-		return int(v)
+		value += 0.5
+		return int(value)
 	case float64:
-		v += 0.5
-		return int(v)
+		value += 0.5
+		return int(value)
 	case string:
 		var i int
 
-		if !strings.Contains(v, ".") {
-			i, _ = strconv.Atoi(v)
+		if !strings.Contains(value, ".") {
+			i, _ = strconv.Atoi(value)
 		} else {
-			f, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)
+			f, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
 			f += 0.5 // Round up
 			i = int(f)
 		}
 
 		return i
+
 	default:
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/to_test.go b/to_test.go
index 7b6971f..f9138fd 100644
--- a/to_test.go
+++ b/to_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package utils_test
 
 import (
-	"atomicgo.dev/utils"
 	"fmt"
+
+	"atomicgo.dev/utils"
 )
 
 type Person struct {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ type Person struct {
 }
 
 func ExampleToJSON() {
-	var person = Person{"John Doe", 42}
+	person := Person{"John Doe", 42}
 
 	json, _ := utils.ToJSON(person)
 	fmt.Println(json)
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ func ExampleToString() {
 
 func ExampleToPrettyJSON() {
 	person := Person{Name: "John Doe", Age: 42}
-	prettyJson, _ := utils.ToPrettyJSON(person)
-	fmt.Println(prettyJson)
+	prettyJSON, _ := utils.ToPrettyJSON(person)
+	fmt.Println(prettyJSON)
 
 	// Output:
 	// {
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 32e3b23..1c0e7be 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ func Ternary[T any](condition bool, a, b T) T {
 	if condition {
 		return a
 	}
+
 	return b
 }
 
@@ -19,30 +21,33 @@ func Ternary[T any](condition bool, a, b T) T {
 // If indent is not provided, it defaults to "  " (two spaces).
 func PrettyJSON(inputJSON string, indent ...string) (string, error) {
 	var out bytes.Buffer
+
 	if len(indent) == 0 {
 		indent = append(indent, "  ")
 	}
 
 	err := json.Indent(&out, []byte(inputJSON), "", indent[0])
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to pretty-print JSON: %w", err)
 	}
+
 	return out.String(), nil
 }
 
 // Fetch returns the body of a GET request to the given URL.
 func Fetch(url string) (string, error) {
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	resp, err := http.Get(url) //nolint: gosec
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch URL: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
 	_, err = buf.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to read response body: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	return buf.String(), nil
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
index 6818ef1..9ecbfce 100644
--- a/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 package utils_test
 
 import (
-	"atomicgo.dev/utils"
 	"fmt"
+
+	"atomicgo.dev/utils"
 )
 
 func ExampleTernary() {
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ func ExampleTernary() {
 func ExamplePrettyJSON() {
 	person := Person{Name: "John Doe", Age: 42}
 	json, _ := utils.ToJSON(person)
-	prettyJson, _ := utils.PrettyJSON(json)
-	fmt.Println(prettyJson)
+	prettyJSON, _ := utils.PrettyJSON(json)
+	fmt.Println(prettyJSON)
 
 	// Output:
 	// {