diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index e4ef2062..a19992b0 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ pub fn run() {
                             headers.push(
                                 tiny_http::Header::from_bytes(
                                     &b"Set-Cookie"[..],
-                                    &format!("session-token=test-value; Secure; Path=/; Expires={expires_str}")
-                                        .as_bytes()[..],
+                                    format!("session-token=test-value; Secure; Path=/; Expires={expires_str}")
+                                        .as_bytes(),
                                 )
                                 .unwrap(),
                             );
diff --git a/plugins/http/src/lib.rs b/plugins/http/src/lib.rs
index 11331f99..8999917c 100644
--- a/plugins/http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plugins/http/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,15 +43,13 @@ pub fn init<R: Runtime>() -> TauriPlugin<R> {
                     .open(&path)?;
 
                 let reader = BufReader::new(file);
-                let store = CookieStoreMutex::load(path.clone(), reader).unwrap_or_else(|_e| {
+                CookieStoreMutex::load(path.clone(), reader).unwrap_or_else(|_e| {
                     #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
                     tracing::warn!(
                         "failed to load cookie store: {_e}, falling back to empty store"
                     );
                     CookieStoreMutex::new(path, Default::default())
-                });
-
-                store
+                })
             };
 
             let state = Http {