diff --git a/backend/services/http/handlers.go b/backend/services/http/handlers.go
index 85ed32a3d..2ac2852a2 100644
--- a/backend/services/http/handlers.go
+++ b/backend/services/http/handlers.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func pushMessages(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sessionID uint64) {
 	body := http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, BEACON_SIZE_LIMIT)
 	//defer body.Close()
 	var reader io.ReadCloser
-	var err Error
+	var err error
 	switch r.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") {
 	case "gzip":
 		log.Println("Gzip", reader)