diff --git a/.golangci.yaml b/.golangci.yaml
index c2c8b52b..c9c9f620 100644
--- a/.golangci.yaml
+++ b/.golangci.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ linters:
     - nosprintfhostport
     - staticcheck
     - tenv
-    - testifylint
     - unconvert
     - unused
     - usestdlibvars
diff --git a/readline/buffer.go b/readline/buffer.go
index 68573d40..d91fe0a9 100644
--- a/readline/buffer.go
+++ b/readline/buffer.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveLeft() {
 				rLength := runewidth.RuneWidth(r)
 
 				if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-					fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
+					fmt.Print(CursorUp + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(b.Width))
 					if rLength == 2 {
 						fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
 					}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveLeft() {
 						fmt.Print(CursorLeft)
 					}
 				} else {
-					fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(rLength))
+					fmt.Print(CursorLeftN(rLength))
 				}
 
 				b.Pos -= 1
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveRight() {
 				b.DisplayPos += rLength
 
 				if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-					fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+					fmt.Print(CursorDown + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 				} else if (b.DisplayPos-rLength)%b.LineWidth == b.LineWidth-1 && hasSpace {
-					fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())+rLength))
+					fmt.Print(CursorDown + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())+rLength))
 					b.DisplayPos += 1
 				} else if b.LineHasSpace.Size() > 0 && b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == b.LineWidth-1 && hasSpace {
-					fmt.Printf(CursorDown + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+					fmt.Print(CursorDown + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 					b.DisplayPos += 1
 				} else {
-					fmt.Print(cursorRightN(rLength))
+					fmt.Print(CursorRightN(rLength))
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveToStart() {
 				fmt.Print(CursorUp)
 			}
 		}
-		fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+		fmt.Print(CursorBOL + CursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 		b.Pos = 0
 		b.DisplayPos = 0
 	}
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ func (b *Buffer) MoveToEnd() {
 				fmt.Print(CursorDown)
 			}
 			remainder := b.DisplaySize() % b.LineWidth
-			fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())+remainder))
+			fmt.Print(CursorBOL + CursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())+remainder))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Print(cursorRightN(b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos))
+			fmt.Print(CursorRightN(b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos))
 		}
 
 		b.Pos = b.Buf.Size()
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) drawRemaining() {
 	remLength := runewidth.StringWidth(remainingText)
 
 	if len(currLine) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf(ClearToEOL + currLine)
-		fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(currLineSpace))
+		fmt.Print(ClearToEOL + currLine + CursorLeftN(currLineSpace))
 	} else {
 		fmt.Print(ClearToEOL)
 	}
@@ -301,9 +300,9 @@ func (b *Buffer) drawRemaining() {
 	}
 
 	if (b.DisplayPos+currLineSpace)%b.LineWidth == 0 && currLine == remainingText {
-		fmt.Print(cursorRightN(currLineSpace))
+		fmt.Print(CursorRightN(currLineSpace))
 		fmt.Printf("\n%s", b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
-		fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width-currLineSpace))
+		fmt.Print(CursorUp + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(b.Width-currLineSpace))
 	}
 
 	// render the other lines
@@ -333,9 +332,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) drawRemaining() {
 			lineLength += runewidth.RuneWidth(c)
 			fmt.Printf("%c", c)
 		}
-		fmt.Print(ClearToEOL)
-		fmt.Print(cursorUpN(totalLines))
-		fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width-currLineSpace))
+		fmt.Print(ClearToEOL + CursorUpN(totalLines) + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(b.Width-currLineSpace))
 
 		hasSpace := b.GetLineSpacing(b.DisplayPos / b.LineWidth)
 
@@ -357,8 +354,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) Remove() {
 				if b.DisplayPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
 					// if the user backspaces over the word boundary, do this magic to clear the line
 					// and move to the end of the previous line
-					fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
-					fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
+					fmt.Print(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL + CursorUp + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(b.Width))
 
 					if b.DisplaySize()%b.LineWidth < (b.DisplaySize()-rLength)%b.LineWidth {
 						b.LineHasSpace.Remove(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth - 1)
@@ -370,24 +366,23 @@ func (b *Buffer) Remove() {
 					}
 
 					if rLength == 2 {
-						fmt.Print(CursorLeft + "  " + cursorLeftN(2))
+						fmt.Print(CursorLeft + "  " + CursorLeftN(2))
 					} else {
 						fmt.Print(" " + CursorLeft)
 					}
 				} else if (b.DisplayPos-rLength)%b.LineWidth == 0 && hasSpace {
-					fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
-					fmt.Printf(CursorUp + CursorBOL + cursorRightN(b.Width))
+					fmt.Print(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL + CursorUp + CursorBOL + CursorRightN(b.Width))
 
 					if b.Pos == b.Buf.Size() {
 						b.LineHasSpace.Remove(b.DisplayPos/b.LineWidth - 1)
 					}
 					b.DisplayPos -= 1
 				} else {
-					fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(rLength))
+					fmt.Print(CursorLeftN(rLength))
 					for range rLength {
 						fmt.Print(" ")
 					}
-					fmt.Print(cursorLeftN(rLength))
+					fmt.Print(CursorLeftN(rLength))
 				}
 
 				var eraseExtraLine bool
@@ -405,9 +400,9 @@ func (b *Buffer) Remove() {
 					// are trailing characters which go over the line width boundary
 					if eraseExtraLine {
 						remainingLines := (b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos) / b.LineWidth
-						fmt.Printf(cursorDownN(remainingLines+1) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+						fmt.Print(CursorDownN(remainingLines+1) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
 						place := b.DisplayPos % b.LineWidth
-						fmt.Printf(cursorUpN(remainingLines+1) + cursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+						fmt.Print(CursorUpN(remainingLines+1) + CursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -422,9 +417,9 @@ func (b *Buffer) Delete() {
 		if b.DisplaySize()%b.LineWidth == 0 {
 			if b.DisplayPos != b.DisplaySize() {
 				remainingLines := (b.DisplaySize() - b.DisplayPos) / b.LineWidth
-				fmt.Printf(cursorDownN(remainingLines) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+				fmt.Print(CursorDownN(remainingLines) + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
 				place := b.DisplayPos % b.LineWidth
-				fmt.Printf(cursorUpN(remainingLines) + cursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+				fmt.Print(CursorUpN(remainingLines) + CursorRightN(place+len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -471,17 +466,17 @@ func (b *Buffer) DeleteWord() {
 }
 
 func (b *Buffer) ClearScreen() {
-	fmt.Printf(ClearScreen + CursorReset + b.Prompt.prompt())
+	fmt.Print(ClearScreen + CursorReset + b.Prompt.prompt())
 	if b.IsEmpty() {
 		ph := b.Prompt.placeholder()
-		fmt.Printf(ColorGrey + ph + cursorLeftN(len(ph)) + ColorDefault)
+		fmt.Print(ColorGrey + ph + CursorLeftN(len(ph)) + ColorDefault)
 	} else {
 		currPos := b.DisplayPos
 		currIndex := b.Pos
 		b.Pos = 0
 		b.DisplayPos = 0
 		b.drawRemaining()
-		fmt.Printf(CursorReset + cursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
+		fmt.Print(CursorReset + CursorRightN(len(b.Prompt.prompt())))
 		if currPos > 0 {
 			targetLine := currPos / b.LineWidth
 			if targetLine > 0 {
@@ -491,10 +486,10 @@ func (b *Buffer) ClearScreen() {
 			}
 			remainder := currPos % b.LineWidth
 			if remainder > 0 {
-				fmt.Print(cursorRightN(remainder))
+				fmt.Print(CursorRightN(remainder))
 			}
 			if currPos%b.LineWidth == 0 {
-				fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
+				fmt.Print(CursorBOL + b.Prompt.AltPrompt)
 			}
 		}
 		b.Pos = currIndex
@@ -513,13 +508,13 @@ func (b *Buffer) Replace(r []rune) {
 
 	b.Buf.Clear()
 
-	fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
+	fmt.Print(CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
 
 	for range lineNums {
 		fmt.Print(CursorUp + CursorBOL + ClearToEOL)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf(CursorBOL + b.Prompt.prompt())
+	fmt.Print(CursorBOL + b.Prompt.prompt())
 
 	for _, c := range r {
 		b.Add(c)
@@ -545,19 +540,3 @@ func (b *Buffer) StringNM(n, m int) string {
 	}
 	return s
 }
-
-func cursorLeftN(n int) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(CursorLeftN, n)
-}
-
-func cursorRightN(n int) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(CursorRightN, n)
-}
-
-func cursorUpN(n int) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(CursorUpN, n)
-}
-
-func cursorDownN(n int) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(CursorDownN, n)
-}
diff --git a/readline/readline.go b/readline/readline.go
index e90a5e01..1c14fe10 100644
--- a/readline/readline.go
+++ b/readline/readline.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (i *Instance) Readline() (string, error) {
 		showPlaceholder := !i.Pasting || i.Prompt.UseAlt
 		if buf.IsEmpty() && showPlaceholder {
 			ph := i.Prompt.placeholder()
-			fmt.Printf(ColorGrey + ph + fmt.Sprintf(CursorLeftN, len(ph)) + ColorDefault)
+			fmt.Print(ColorGrey + ph + CursorLeftN(len(ph)) + ColorDefault)
 		}
 
 		r, err := i.Terminal.Read()
diff --git a/readline/types.go b/readline/types.go
index 3b88588f..e136d996 100644
--- a/readline/types.go
+++ b/readline/types.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package readline
 
+import "strconv"
+
 const (
 	CharNull      = 0
 	CharLineStart = 1
@@ -41,34 +43,49 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	CursorUp    = "\033[1A"
-	CursorDown  = "\033[1B"
-	CursorRight = "\033[1C"
-	CursorLeft  = "\033[1D"
+	Esc = "\x1b"
 
-	CursorSave    = "\033[s"
-	CursorRestore = "\033[u"
+	CursorSave    = Esc + "[s"
+	CursorRestore = Esc + "[u"
 
-	CursorUpN    = "\033[%dA"
-	CursorDownN  = "\033[%dB"
-	CursorRightN = "\033[%dC"
-	CursorLeftN  = "\033[%dD"
+	CursorEOL  = Esc + "[E"
+	CursorBOL  = Esc + "[1G"
+	CursorHide = Esc + "[?25l"
+	CursorShow = Esc + "[?25h"
 
-	CursorEOL  = "\033[E"
-	CursorBOL  = "\033[1G"
-	CursorHide = "\033[?25l"
-	CursorShow = "\033[?25h"
+	ClearToEOL  = Esc + "[K"
+	ClearLine   = Esc + "[2K"
+	ClearScreen = Esc + "[2J"
+	CursorReset = Esc + "[0;0f"
 
-	ClearToEOL  = "\033[K"
-	ClearLine   = "\033[2K"
-	ClearScreen = "\033[2J"
-	CursorReset = "\033[0;0f"
+	ColorGrey    = Esc + "[38;5;245m"
+	ColorDefault = Esc + "[0m"
 
-	ColorGrey    = "\033[38;5;245m"
-	ColorDefault = "\033[0m"
+	StartBracketedPaste = Esc + "[?2004h"
+	EndBracketedPaste   = Esc + "[?2004l"
+)
 
-	StartBracketedPaste = "\033[?2004h"
-	EndBracketedPaste   = "\033[?2004l"
+func CursorUpN(n int) string {
+	return Esc + "[" + strconv.Itoa(n) + "A"
+}
+
+func CursorDownN(n int) string {
+	return Esc + "[" + strconv.Itoa(n) + "B"
+}
+
+func CursorRightN(n int) string {
+	return Esc + "[" + strconv.Itoa(n) + "C"
+}
+
+func CursorLeftN(n int) string {
+	return Esc + "[" + strconv.Itoa(n) + "D"
+}
+
+var (
+	CursorUp    = CursorUpN(1)
+	CursorDown  = CursorDownN(1)
+	CursorRight = CursorRightN(1)
+	CursorLeft  = CursorLeftN(1)
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/server/sched.go b/server/sched.go
index c378865b..9947fd32 100644
--- a/server/sched.go
+++ b/server/sched.go
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func (s *Scheduler) load(req *LlmRequest, ggml *llm.GGML, gpus gpu.GpuInfoList,
 		// some older models are not compatible with newer versions of llama.cpp
 		// show a generalized compatibility error until there is a better way to
 		// check for model compatibility
-		if errors.Is(llm.ErrUnsupportedFormat, err) || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "failed to load model") {
+		if errors.Is(err, llm.ErrUnsupportedFormat) || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "failed to load model") {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%v: this model may be incompatible with your version of Ollama. If you previously pulled this model, try updating it by running `ollama pull %s`", err, req.model.ShortName)
 		}
 		slog.Info("NewLlamaServer failed", "model", req.model.ModelPath, "error", err)