diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path.go b/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path.go
index d0cb1ec..98ba535 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/operator_traverse_path.go
@@ -308,6 +308,6 @@ func traverseMergeAnchor(newMatches *orderedmap.OrderedMap, originalCandidate *C
 
 func traverseArray(candidate *CandidateNode, operation *Operation, prefs traversePreferences) (*list.List, error) {
 	log.Debug("operation Value %v", operation.Value)
-	indices := []*yaml.Node{&yaml.Node{Value: operation.StringValue}}
+	indices := []*yaml.Node{{Value: operation.StringValue}}
 	return traverseArrayWithIndices(candidate, indices, prefs)
 }
diff --git a/scripts/format.sh b/scripts/format.sh
index eca4b06..0a11c95 100755
--- a/scripts/format.sh
+++ b/scripts/format.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 find . \( -path ./vendor \) -prune -o -name "*.go" -exec goimports -w {} \;
+gofmt -w -s .
 go mod tidy
-go mod vendor
\ No newline at end of file
+go mod vendor