diff --git a/app/module_validator.go b/app/module_validator.go
index bf594164..b5ebf7dc 100644
--- a/app/module_validator.go
+++ b/app/module_validator.go
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import (
 type ModuleValidator struct{}
 
 func NewModuleValidator() *ModuleValidator {
-	val := &ModuleValidator{}
-	return val
+	return &ModuleValidator{}
 }
 
 // Validate rolls through all the enabled widgets and looks for configuration errors.
diff --git a/app/module_validator_test.go b/app/module_validator_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39914bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/module_validator_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_NewModuleValidator(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.IsType(t, &ModuleValidator{}, NewModuleValidator())
+}