diff --git a/backend/internal/http/router/handlers-web.go b/backend/internal/http/router/handlers-web.go
index 7fbf457c0..3a368441a 100644
--- a/backend/internal/http/router/handlers-web.go
+++ b/backend/internal/http/router/handlers-web.go
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ func (e *Router) readBody(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, limit int64) (
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't read gzip body: %s", err)
 		}
-		reader.Close()
+		if err := reader.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("can't close gzip reader: %s", err)
+		}
 		// Debug log
 		log.Printf("request body was gzipped, decompressed in %s", time.Since(s))
 	} else {
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ func (e *Router) pushMessagesHandlerWeb(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	bodySize = len(bodyBytes)
 
 	// DEBUG: print body
-	log.Printf("first bytes: %+v", bodyBytes[:10])
+	log.Printf("[decompressed] first bytes: %+v", bodyBytes[:10])
 
 	// Send processed messages to queue as array of bytes
 	// TODO: check bytes for nonsense crap
diff --git a/backend/internal/http/router/response.go b/backend/internal/http/router/response.go
index 470faa2e8..b66b7c563 100644
--- a/backend/internal/http/router/response.go
+++ b/backend/internal/http/router/response.go
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ func recordMetrics(requestStart time.Time, url string, code, bodySize int) {
 }
 
 func ResponseOK(w http.ResponseWriter, requestStart time.Time, url string, bodySize int) {
-	httpCodeHelper(w, http.StatusOK)
-	//w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	recordMetrics(requestStart, url, http.StatusOK, bodySize)
 }
 
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ func ResponseWithJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, res interface{}, requestStart time.
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 	}
-	// test
-	httpCodeHelper(w, http.StatusOK)
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	w.Write(body)
 	recordMetrics(requestStart, url, http.StatusOK, bodySize)
@@ -44,13 +41,7 @@ func ResponseWithError(w http.ResponseWriter, code int, err error, requestStart
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 	}
-	httpCodeHelper(w, code)
-	//w.WriteHeader(code)
+	w.WriteHeader(code)
 	w.Write(body)
 	recordMetrics(requestStart, url, code, bodySize)
 }
-
-func httpCodeHelper(w http.ResponseWriter, code int) {
-	w.WriteHeader(code)
-	log.Printf("HTTP response code: %d", code)
-}