diff --git a/command/agent/dns.go b/command/agent/dns.go
index ec56fbfc5..41f8df57b 100644
--- a/command/agent/dns.go
+++ b/command/agent/dns.go
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func (d *DNSServer) handleTest(resp dns.ResponseWriter, req *dns.Msg) {
 	m.Authoritative = true
 	m.RecursionAvailable = true
 	header := dns.RR_Header{Name: q.Name, Rrtype: dns.TypeTXT, Class: dns.ClassINET, Ttl: 0}
-	txt := &dns.TXT{header, []string{"ok"}}
+	txt := &dns.TXT{Hdr: header, Txt: []string{"ok"}}
 	m.Answer = append(m.Answer, txt)
 	d.addSOA(consulDomain, m)
 	if err := resp.WriteMsg(m); err != nil {
diff --git a/command/watch.go b/command/watch.go
index 0ad514b92..d5caf325a 100644
--- a/command/watch.go
+++ b/command/watch.go
@@ -144,14 +144,18 @@ func (c *WatchCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	// Setup handler
-	errExit := false
+
+	// errExit:
+	//	0: false
+	//	1: true
+	errExit := 0
 	if script == "" {
 		wp.Handler = func(idx uint64, data interface{}) {
 			defer wp.Stop()
 			buf, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "    ")
 			if err != nil {
 				c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error encoding output: %s", err))
-				errExit = true
+				errExit = 1
 			}
 			c.Ui.Output(string(buf))
 		}
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@ func (c *WatchCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 			return
 		ERR:
 			wp.Stop()
-			errExit = true
+			errExit = 1
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -203,12 +207,7 @@ func (c *WatchCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	// Handle an error exit
-	if errExit {
-		return 1
-	} else {
-		return 0
-	}
+	return errExit
 }
 
 func (c *WatchCommand) Synopsis() string {
diff --git a/consul/fsm.go b/consul/fsm.go
index a6b7c3bb5..903137044 100644
--- a/consul/fsm.go
+++ b/consul/fsm.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package consul
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -164,8 +165,9 @@ func (c *consulFSM) applyKVSOperation(buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
 			return act
 		}
 	default:
-		c.logger.Printf("[WARN] consul.fsm: Invalid KVS operation '%s'", req.Op)
-		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid KVS operation '%s'", req.Op)
+		err := errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid KVS operation '%s'", req.Op))
+		c.logger.Printf("[WARN] consul.fsm: %v", err)
+		return err
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/consul/pool.go b/consul/pool.go
index 523cfd525..048e2e6e2 100644
--- a/consul/pool.go
+++ b/consul/pool.go
@@ -259,27 +259,28 @@ func (p *ConnPool) getNewConn(addr net.Addr, version int) (*Conn, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Wrap the connection
-	c := &Conn{
-		refCount: 1,
-		addr:     addr,
-		session:  session,
-		clients:  list.New(),
-		lastUsed: time.Now(),
-		version:  version,
-		pool:     p,
-	}
+	var c *Conn
 
 	// Track this connection, handle potential race condition
 	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
 	if existing := p.pool[addr.String()]; existing != nil {
-		c.Close()
-		p.Unlock()
-		return existing, nil
+		c = existing
 	} else {
+		c = &Conn{
+			refCount: 1,
+			addr:     addr,
+			session:  session,
+			clients:  list.New(),
+			lastUsed: time.Now(),
+			version:  version,
+			pool:     p,
+		}
 		p.pool[addr.String()] = c
-		p.Unlock()
-		return c, nil
 	}
+
+	return c, nil
 }
 
 // clearConn is used to clear any cached connection, potentially in response to an erro