diff --git a/transcoder/go.mod b/transcoder/go.mod
index 1daf251d..f3923aaa 100644
--- a/transcoder/go.mod
+++ b/transcoder/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.11.4 // indirect
+	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.11.4 // direct
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
diff --git a/transcoder/main.go b/transcoder/main.go
index 6d983d43..0a47cb33 100644
--- a/transcoder/main.go
+++ b/transcoder/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func DirectStream(c echo.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return c.File(*path)
+	return c.File(path)
 }
 
 // Get master playlist
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (h *Handler) GetMaster(c echo.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	ret, err := h.transcoder.GetMaster(*path, *client)
+	ret, err := h.transcoder.GetMaster(path, client)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/transcoder/transcoder/filestream.go b/transcoder/transcoder/filestream.go
index b72cb7f7..3599a02d 100644
--- a/transcoder/transcoder/filestream.go
+++ b/transcoder/transcoder/filestream.go
@@ -95,3 +95,7 @@ func (fs *FileStream) IsDead() bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func (fs *FileStream) GetMaster() string {
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/transcoder/transcoder/transcoder.go b/transcoder/transcoder/transcoder.go
index c6c76bd6..9af4e254 100644
--- a/transcoder/transcoder/transcoder.go
+++ b/transcoder/transcoder/transcoder.go
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ type Transcoder struct {
 	streams map[string]FileStream
 }
 
-func (t *Transcoder) GetMaster(path string, client string) (*string, error) {
+func (t *Transcoder) GetMaster(path string, client string) (string, error) {
 	stream, ok := t.streams[path]
 	if !ok {
 		stream, err := NewFileStream(path)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return "", err
 		}
 		t.streams[path] = *stream
 	}
-	return &stream.GetMaster()
+	return stream.GetMaster(), nil
 }
diff --git a/transcoder/utils.go b/transcoder/utils.go
index 49288ef1..5691e03e 100644
--- a/transcoder/utils.go
+++ b/transcoder/utils.go
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@ type Item struct {
 	Path string `json:"path"`
 }
 
-func GetPath(resource string, slug string) (*string, error) {
+func GetPath(resource string, slug string) (string, error) {
 	url := os.Getenv("API_URL")
 	if url == "" {
 		url = "http://back:5000"
 	}
 	key := os.Getenv("KYOO_APIKEYS")
 	if key == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("missing api keys")
+		return "", errors.New("missing api keys")
 	}
 	key = strings.Split(key, ",")[0]
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", strings.Join([]string{url, resource, slug}, "/"), nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return "", err
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("X-API-KEY", key)
 	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
 	if res.StatusCode != 200 {
-		return nil, echo.NewHTTPError(
+		return "", echo.NewHTTPError(
 			http.StatusNotAcceptable,
 			fmt.Sprintf("No %s found with the slug %s.", resource, slug),
 		)
@@ -50,18 +50,18 @@ func GetPath(resource string, slug string) (*string, error) {
 	ret := Item{}
 	err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&ret)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return "", err
 	}
 
-	return &ret.Path, nil
+	return ret.Path, nil
 }
 
-func GetClientId(c echo.Context) (*string, error) {
+func GetClientId(c echo.Context) (string, error) {
 	key := c.Request().Header.Get("X-CLIENT-ID")
 	if key == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("Missing client id. Please specify the X-CLIENT-ID header to a guid constant for the lifetime of the player (but unique per instance).")
+		return "", errors.New("missing client id. Please specify the X-CLIENT-ID header to a guid constant for the lifetime of the player (but unique per instance)")
 	}
-	return &key, nil
+	return key, nil
 }
 
 func ErrorHandler(err error, c echo.Context) {