diff --git a/rust/auth-impls/src/lib.rs b/rust/auth-impls/src/lib.rs
index 1cd0182..86c6853 100644
--- a/rust/auth-impls/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/auth-impls/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,16 +42,8 @@ const BEARER_PREFIX: &str = "Bearer ";
 
 impl JWTAuthorizer {
 	/// Create new instance of [`JWTAuthorizer`]
-	pub async fn new(jwt_issuer_key: DecodingKey) -> JWTAuthorizer {
-		JWTAuthorizer { jwt_issuer_key }
-	}
-
-	fn extract_token(auth_header: &str) -> Option<&str> {
-		if auth_header.starts_with(BEARER_PREFIX) {
-			Some(&auth_header[BEARER_PREFIX.len()..])
-		} else {
-			None
-		}
+	pub async fn new(jwt_issuer_key: DecodingKey) -> Self {
+		Self { jwt_issuer_key }
 	}
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +56,8 @@ impl Authorizer for JWTAuthorizer {
 			.get("Authorization")
 			.ok_or(VssError::AuthError("Authorization header not found.".to_string()))?;
 
-		let token = JWTAuthorizer::extract_token(auth_header)
+		let token = auth_header
+			.strip_prefix(BEARER_PREFIX)
 			.ok_or(VssError::AuthError("Invalid token format.".to_string()))?;
 
 		let claims =
diff --git a/rust/impls/src/postgres_store.rs b/rust/impls/src/postgres_store.rs
index d7949a7..96f9618 100644
--- a/rust/impls/src/postgres_store.rs
+++ b/rust/impls/src/postgres_store.rs
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ impl KvStore for PostgresBackendImpl {
 
 		let stmt = "SELECT key, version FROM vss_db WHERE user_token = $1 AND store_id = $2 AND key > $3 AND key LIKE $4 ORDER BY key LIMIT $5";
 
-		let key_like = format!("{}%", key_prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or(""));
-		let page_token_param = page_token.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
+		let key_like = format!("{}%", key_prefix.as_deref().unwrap_or_default());
+		let page_token_param = page_token.as_deref().unwrap_or_default();
 		let params: Vec<&(dyn tokio_postgres::types::ToSql + Sync)> =
 			vec![&user_token, &store_id, &page_token_param, &key_like, &limit];
 
diff --git a/rust/server/src/vss_service.rs b/rust/server/src/vss_service.rs
index bae2e0b..fecba40 100644
--- a/rust/server/src/vss_service.rs
+++ b/rust/server/src/vss_service.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl Service<Request<Incoming>> for VssService {
 		let path = req.uri().path().to_owned();
 
 		Box::pin(async move {
-			let prefix_stripped_path = path.strip_prefix(BASE_PATH_PREFIX).unwrap_or("");
+			let prefix_stripped_path = path.strip_prefix(BASE_PATH_PREFIX).unwrap_or_default();
 
 			match prefix_stripped_path {
 				"/getObject" => {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async fn handle_request<
 	let headers_map = parts
 		.headers
 		.iter()
-		.map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str().to_string(), v.to_str().unwrap_or("").to_string()))
+		.map(|(k, v)| (k.as_str().to_string(), v.to_str().unwrap_or_default().to_string()))
 		.collect::<HashMap<String, String>>();
 
 	let user_token = match authorizer.verify(&headers_map).await {