diff --git a/src/formatters.nim b/src/formatters.nim
index 6119024..b691e6c 100644
--- a/src/formatters.nim
+++ b/src/formatters.nim
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const
   twitter = parseUri("https://twitter.com")
 
 proc getUrlPrefix*(cfg: Config): string =
-  if cfg.useHttps: "https://" & cfg.hostname
+  if cfg.useHttps: https & cfg.hostname
   else: "http://" & cfg.hostname
 
 proc stripHtml*(text: string): string =
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ proc replaceUrls*(body: string; prefs: Prefs; absolute=""): string =
 
   if prefs.replaceTwitter.len > 0 and
      (twRegex in result or tco in result):
-    result = result.replace(tco, "https://" & prefs.replaceTwitter & "/t.co")
+    result = result.replace(tco, https & prefs.replaceTwitter & "/t.co")
     result = result.replace(cards, prefs.replaceTwitter & "/cards")
     result = result.replace(twRegex, prefs.replaceTwitter)
 
diff --git a/src/routes/search.nim b/src/routes/search.nim
index 0fcd9ee..b3f8db7 100644
--- a/src/routes/search.nim
+++ b/src/routes/search.nim
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import strutils, uri
 import jester
 
 import router_utils
-import ".."/[query, types, api]
+import ".."/[query, types, api, formatters]
 import ../views/[general, search]
 
 include "../views/opensearch.nimf"
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ proc createSearchRouter*(cfg: Config) =
       redirect("/search?q=" & encodeUrl("#" & @"hash"))
 
     get "/opensearch":
-      var url = if cfg.useHttps: "https://" else: "http://"
-      url &= cfg.hostname & "/search?q="
+      let url = getUrlPrefix(cfg) & "/search?q="
       resp Http200, {"Content-Type": "application/opensearchdescription+xml"},
                     generateOpenSearchXML(cfg.title, cfg.hostname, url)
diff --git a/src/routes/status.nim b/src/routes/status.nim
index bad8569..70e31cb 100644
--- a/src/routes/status.nim
+++ b/src/routes/status.nim
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ proc createStatusRouter*(cfg: Config) =
       cond '.' notin @"name"
       let prefs = cookiePrefs()
 
+      # used for the infinite scroll feature
       if @"scroll".len > 0:
         let replies = await getReplies(@"id", getCursor())
         if replies.content.len == 0:
@@ -34,10 +35,12 @@ proc createStatusRouter*(cfg: Config) =
           error = conv.tweet.tombstone
         resp Http404, showError(error, cfg)
 
-      var
+      let
         title = pageTitle(conv.tweet)
         ogTitle = pageTitle(conv.tweet.profile)
         desc = conv.tweet.text
+
+      var
         images = conv.tweet.photos
         video = ""
 
diff --git a/src/routes/timeline.nim b/src/routes/timeline.nim
index 02120d6..e904f2d 100644
--- a/src/routes/timeline.nim
+++ b/src/routes/timeline.nim
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ proc createTimelineRouter*(cfg: Config) =
       if names.len != 1:
         query.fromUser = names
 
+      # used for the infinite scroll feature
       if @"scroll".len > 0:
         if query.fromUser.len != 1:
           var timeline = await getSearch[Tweet](query, after)
@@ -143,10 +144,12 @@ proc createTimelineRouter*(cfg: Config) =
           timeline.beginning = true
           resp $renderTimelineTweets(timeline, prefs, getPath())
 
-      var rss = "/$1/$2/rss" % [@"name", @"tab"]
-      if @"tab".len == 0:
-        rss = "/$1/rss" % @"name"
-      elif @"tab" == "search":
-        rss &= "?" & genQueryUrl(query)
+      let rss =
+        if @"tab".len == 0:
+          "/$1/rss" % @"name"
+        elif @"tab" == "search":
+          "/$1/search/rss?$2" % [@"name", genQueryUrl(query)]
+        else:
+          "/$1/$2/rss" % [@"name", @"tab"]
 
       respTimeline(await showTimeline(request, query, cfg, prefs, rss, after))
diff --git a/src/views/renderutils.nim b/src/views/renderutils.nim
index 0db28c8..4804144 100644
--- a/src/views/renderutils.nim
+++ b/src/views/renderutils.nim
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ proc linkUser*(profile: Profile, class=""): VNode =
       icon "lock", title="Protected account"
 
 proc linkText*(text: string; class=""): VNode =
-  let url = if "http" notin text: "http://" & text else: text
+  let url = if "http" notin text: https & text else: text
   buildHtml():
     a(href=url, class=class): text text