diff --git a/modules/user/user.go b/modules/user/user.go
index e4f8cfa..c6a77f1 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.go
+++ b/modules/user/user.go
@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@ func CreateUser(ctx context.Context, client *ent.Client, email, username, passwo
 		SetUsername(username).
 		SetPassword(digest).
 		Save(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Infof("error querying user: %q", err)
 
-		if ent.IsConstraintError(err) {
-			log.Errorf("the username '%s' already exists", username)
-
-			return nil, errors.New("username is not unique")
-		}
+	switch {
+	case ent.IsConstraintError(err):
+		log.Errorf("the username '%s' already exists", username)
+		return nil, errors.New("username is not unique")
 
+	case err != nil:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating user: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -58,13 +56,13 @@ func QueryUser(ctx context.Context, client *ent.Client, username string) (*ent.U
 		// `Only` fails if no user found,
 		// or more than 1 user returned.
 		Only(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
+
+	switch {
+	case ent.IsNotFound(err):
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("user not found: %q", err)
+
+	case err != nil:
 		log.Warn("error querying user", "error", err, "username requested", username)
-
-		if ent.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("user not found: %q", err)
-		}
-
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed querying user: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -117,16 +115,18 @@ func UsernameExists(ctx context.Context, client *ent.Client, username string) (b
 		Query().
 		Where(user.Username(username)).
 		Only(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		if ent.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return false, nil
-		} else if ent.IsNotSingular(err) {
-			log.Errorf("apparently more than one user managed to acquire the username '%s', bailing", username)
-			return true, err
-		}
 
+	switch {
+	case ent.IsNotFound(err):
+		log.Infof("username '%s' not found", username)
+		return false, nil
+
+	case ent.IsNotSingular(err):
+		log.Errorf("apparently more than one user managed to acquire the username '%s', bailing", username)
+		return true, err
+
+	case err != nil:
 		log.Warn("failed to check whether user exists", "error", err, "username queried", username)
-
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed querying username: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func UsernameExists(ctx context.Context, client *ent.Client, username string) (b
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("username '%s' not found", username)
+	log.Warn("we should not have gotten here, apparently error was nil but so was usr...")
 
 	return false, nil
 }
@@ -150,16 +150,18 @@ func EmailExists(ctx context.Context, client *ent.Client, email string) (bool, e
 		Query().
 		Where(user.Email(email)).
 		Only(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		if ent.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return false, nil
-		} else if ent.IsNotSingular(err) {
-			log.Errorf("apparently more than one user managed to register using the email '%s', bailing", email)
-			return true, err
-		}
 
+	switch {
+	case ent.IsNotFound(err):
+		log.Infof("user email '%s' not found", email)
+		return false, nil
+
+	case ent.IsNotSingular(err):
+		log.Errorf("apparently more than one user managed to register using the email '%s', bailing", email)
+		return true, err
+
+	case err != nil:
 		log.Warn("failed to check whether email exists", "error", err, "email queried", email)
-
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed querying user email: %w", err)
 	}
 
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ func EmailExists(ctx context.Context, client *ent.Client, email string) (bool, e
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("user email '%s' not found", email)
+	log.Warn("we should not have gotten here, apparently error was nil but so was usr...")
 
 	return false, nil
 }