diff --git a/drsm/api.go b/drsm/api.go
index 8ac0eed..1a2d075 100644
--- a/drsm/api.go
+++ b/drsm/api.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package drsm
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+
 	"github.com/omec-project/util/logger"
 )
 
@@ -73,14 +74,14 @@ func (d *Drsm) AllocateInt32ID() (int32, error) {
 	}
 	for _, c := range d.localChunkTbl {
 		if len(c.FreeIds) > 0 {
-			return c.AllocateIntID(), nil
+			return c.AllocateIntID()
 		}
 	}
 	// None of the Chunk has freeIds. Allocate new Chunk
 	c, err := d.GetNewChunk()
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.DrsmLog.Errorln("Failed to allocate new Chunk")
-		err := fmt.Errorf("Failed to allocate new Chunk")
+		logger.DrsmLog.Errorln("failed to allocate new Chunk")
+		err := fmt.Errorf("failed to allocate new Chunk")
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	return c.AllocateIntID()
diff --git a/drsm/chunk.go b/drsm/chunk.go
index 868cc76..23694e1 100644
--- a/drsm/chunk.go
+++ b/drsm/chunk.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (d *Drsm) GetNewChunk() (*chunk, error) {
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func (c *chunk) AllocateIntID() int32 {
+func (c *chunk) AllocateIntID() (int32, error) {
 	if len(c.FreeIds) == 0 {
 		logger.DrsmLog.Errorln("freeIds in chunk 0")
 		err := fmt.Errorf("freeIds in chunk 0")
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func getChunIdFromDocId(id string) int32 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-//check the id format and if its matching chunkid doc format then return true
+// check the id format and if its matching chunkid doc format then return true
 func isChunkDoc(id string) bool {
 	z := strings.Split(id, "-")
 	if len(z) == 2 && z[0] == "chunkid" {