diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f5dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+	"name": "pauditd",
+	"image": "golang:1.13.15"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 86c3f4a..1fa2c94 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const (
 	MAX_AUDIT_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 8970
 )
 
-//TODO: this should live in a marshaller
+// TODO: this should live in a marshaller
 type AuditStatusPayload struct {
 	Mask            uint32
 	Enabled         uint32
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (n *NetlinkClient) Receive() (*syscall.NetlinkMessage, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("Got a 0 length packet")
 	}
 
-	msg := syscall.NetlinkMessage{
+	msg := &syscall.NetlinkMessage{
 		Header: syscall.NlMsghdr{
 			Len:   Endianness.Uint32(n.buf[0:4]),
 			Type:  Endianness.Uint16(n.buf[4:6]),
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 7079174..689bed6 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestNetlinkClient_KeepConnection(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNetlinkClient_SendReceive(t *testing.T) {
 	var err error
-	var msg syscall.NetlinkMessage
+	var msg *syscall.NetlinkMessage
 
 	// Build our client
 	n := makeNelinkClient(t)