diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index a8882f5..4d49c23 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func (r ConnectRequest) SystemURL() string {
 // Verify returns true if connection request is legitimate. Application secret should be provided to this method.
 func (r ConnectRequest) Verify(secret string) bool {
 	mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, []byte(secret))
-	mac.Write([]byte(r.APIKey))
-	expected := mac.Sum(nil)
-
-	return hmac.Equal([]byte(r.Token), []byte(hex.EncodeToString(expected)))
+	if _, err := mac.Write([]byte(r.APIKey)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return hmac.Equal([]byte(r.Token), []byte(hex.EncodeToString(mac.Sum(nil))))
 }
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
index bb23b1a..669e342 100644
--- a/request_test.go
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func (t *ConnectRequestTest) Test_Verify() {
 
 func createConnectToken(apiKey, secret string) string {
 	mac := hmac.New(sha256.New, []byte(secret))
-	mac.Write([]byte(apiKey))
+	if _, err := mac.Write([]byte(apiKey)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	return hex.EncodeToString(mac.Sum(nil))
 }
diff --git a/response_test.go b/response_test.go
index 4e47473..42bd7a2 100644
--- a/response_test.go
+++ b/response_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestNewConnectResponse(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, ConnectResponse{
-		Response: Response{
+		SuccessfulResponse: SuccessfulResponse{
 			Success: true,
 		},
 		AccountURL: "https://example.com",