diff --git a/src/atom.go b/src/atom.go
index 062d427..335e2ff 100644
--- a/src/atom.go
+++ b/src/atom.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ func (this *Feed) readAtom(doc *xmlx.Document) (err os.Error) {
 			ch.Links[i].Rel = v.GetAttr("", "rel")
 			ch.Links[i].Type = v.GetAttr("", "type")
 			ch.Links[i].HrefLang = v.GetAttr("", "hreflang")
-
 		}
 
 		tn := node.SelectNode(ns, "subtitle")
diff --git a/src/channel.go b/src/channel.go
index cd24975..dd8fc12 100644
--- a/src/channel.go
+++ b/src/channel.go
@@ -30,20 +30,15 @@ type Channel struct {
 }
 
 func (this *Channel) addItem(item Item) {
-	slice := make([]Item, len(this.Items)+1)
-	for i, v := range this.Items {
-		slice[i] = v
-	}
-	slice[len(slice)-1] = item
-	this.Items = slice
+	c := make([]Item, len(this.Items)+1)
+	copy(c, this.Items)
+	c[len(c)-1] = item
+	this.Items = c
 }
 
-
 func (this *Channel) addLink(l Link) {
-	slice := make([]Link, len(this.Links)+1)
-	for i, v := range this.Links {
-		slice[i] = v
-	}
-	slice[len(slice)-1] = l
-	this.Links = slice
+	c := make([]Link, len(this.Links)+1)
+	copy(c, this.Links)
+	c[len(c)-1] = l
+	this.Links = c
 }
diff --git a/src/feed.go b/src/feed.go
index f195fb6..337b0b5 100644
--- a/src/feed.go
+++ b/src/feed.go
@@ -74,12 +74,10 @@ func New(cachetimeout int, enforcecachelimit bool) *Feed {
 }
 
 func (this *Feed) addChannel(ch Channel) {
-	slice := make([]Channel, len(this.Channels)+1)
-	for i, v := range this.Channels {
-		slice[i] = v
-	}
-	slice[len(slice)-1] = ch
-	this.Channels = slice
+	c := make([]Channel, len(this.Channels)+1)
+	copy(c, this.Channels)
+	c[len(c)-1] = ch
+	this.Channels = c
 }
 
 func (this *Feed) Fetch(uri string) (err os.Error) {
diff --git a/src/feed_test.go b/src/feed_test.go
index 0525ac7..c46ab36 100644
--- a/src/feed_test.go
+++ b/src/feed_test.go
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ func TestFeed(t *testing.T) {
 		"http://blog.case.edu/news/feed.atom",
 	}
 
+	var feed *Feed
+	var err os.Error
+
 	for _, uri := range urilist {
-		feed := New(5, true)
-		err := feed.Fetch(uri)
-		if err != nil {
+		feed = New(5, true)
+
+		if err = feed.Fetch(uri); err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("%s >>> %s", uri, err)
-			continue
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/item.go b/src/item.go
index 9826e63..b8be54e 100644
--- a/src/item.go
+++ b/src/item.go
@@ -21,19 +21,15 @@ type Item struct {
 }
 
 func (this *Item) addEnclosure(e Enclosure) {
-	slice := make([]Enclosure, len(this.Enclosures)+1)
-	for i, v := range this.Enclosures {
-		slice[i] = v
-	}
-	slice[len(slice)-1] = e
-	this.Enclosures = slice
+	c := make([]Enclosure, len(this.Enclosures)+1)
+	copy(c, this.Enclosures)
+	c[len(c)-1] = e
+	this.Enclosures = c
 }
 
 func (this *Item) addLink(l Link) {
-	slice := make([]Link, len(this.Links)+1)
-	for i, v := range this.Links {
-		slice[i] = v
-	}
-	slice[len(slice)-1] = l
-	this.Links = slice
+	c := make([]Link, len(this.Links)+1)
+	copy(c, this.Links)
+	c[len(c)-1] = l
+	this.Links = c
 }