diff --git a/bridge/launchpad/config.go b/bridge/launchpad/config.go
index 8469dbd3d8b9e25e1ec2e693927b2cd67a3d0e97..11a465bea5d9e9d9cb12e8338983ffbe7c0439db 100644
--- a/bridge/launchpad/config.go
+++ b/bridge/launchpad/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ func (*Launchpad) Configure(repo repository.RepoCommon) (core.Configuration, err
 	return conf, nil
 }
 
+func (*Launchpad) ValidateConfig(conf core.Configuration) error {
+	if _, ok := conf[keyProject]; !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("missing %s key", keyProject)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func promptProjectName() (string, error) {
 	for {
 		fmt.Print("Launchpad project name: ")
@@ -44,7 +52,3 @@ func promptProjectName() (string, error) {
 		return line, nil
 	}
 }
-
-func (*Launchpad) ValidateConfig(conf core.Configuration) error {
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/bridge/launchpad/launchpad_api.go b/bridge/launchpad/launchpad_api.go
index 09e02bc5ee0f755cea36f1b94893990ae7c5fe15..849ef925accbe6978ccfc046d716c640053c085a 100644
--- a/bridge/launchpad/launchpad_api.go
+++ b/bridge/launchpad/launchpad_api.go
@@ -129,11 +129,12 @@ func (lapi *launchpadAPI) SearchTasks(project string) ([]LPBug, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
-
 		var result launchpadAnswer
 
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result); err != nil {
+		err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
+		_ = resp.Body.Close()
+
+		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}