diff --git a/controllers/chat.go b/controllers/chat.go
index 2424966d9..31f789b0a 100644
--- a/controllers/chat.go
+++ b/controllers/chat.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 // ExternalGetChatMessages gets all of the chat messages.
 func ExternalGetChatMessages(integration user.ExternalAPIUser, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
+	middleware.EnableCors(w)
 	GetChatMessages(w, r)
 }
 
diff --git a/controllers/config.go b/controllers/config.go
index 4fe29e7b5..3179bda56 100644
--- a/controllers/config.go
+++ b/controllers/config.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type webConfigResponse struct {
 
 // GetWebConfig gets the status of the server.
 func GetWebConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
+	middleware.EnableCors(w)
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
 	pageContent := utils.RenderPageContentMarkdown(data.GetExtraPageBodyContent())
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func GetWebConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // GetAllSocialPlatforms will return a list of all social platform types.
 func GetAllSocialPlatforms(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
+	middleware.EnableCors(w)
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
 	platforms := models.GetAllSocialHandles()
diff --git a/controllers/hls.go b/controllers/hls.go
index 60a22373a..1cdb4e837 100644
--- a/controllers/hls.go
+++ b/controllers/hls.go
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ func HandleHLSRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		cacheTime := utils.GetCacheDurationSecondsForPath(relativePath)
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age="+strconv.Itoa(cacheTime))
 	}
-	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
+	middleware.EnableCors(w)
 	http.ServeFile(w, r, fullPath)
 }
diff --git a/controllers/index.go b/controllers/index.go
index 59eee5fed..7e2f84be3 100644
--- a/controllers/index.go
+++ b/controllers/index.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type MetadataPage struct {
 
 // IndexHandler handles the default index route.
 func IndexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
+	middleware.EnableCors(w)
 	isIndexRequest := r.URL.Path == "/" || filepath.Base(r.URL.Path) == "index.html" || filepath.Base(r.URL.Path) == ""
 
 	// For search engine bots and social scrapers return a special
diff --git a/controllers/status.go b/controllers/status.go
index 830cce693..eb8f23621 100644
--- a/controllers/status.go
+++ b/controllers/status.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // GetStatus gets the status of the server.
 func GetStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
+	middleware.EnableCors(w)
 
 	status := core.GetStatus()
 	response := webStatusResponse{
diff --git a/router/middleware/cors.go b/router/middleware/cors.go
index 57c4284c0..6f486a236 100644
--- a/router/middleware/cors.go
+++ b/router/middleware/cors.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// EnableCors enables the cors header on the responses.
-func EnableCors(w *http.ResponseWriter) {
-	(*w).Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+// EnableCors enables the CORS header on the responses.
+func EnableCors(w http.ResponseWriter) {
+	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
 }