diff --git a/hub/api/api.go b/hub/api/api.go
index e5ab748..8551803 100644
--- a/hub/api/api.go
+++ b/hub/api/api.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func (a *API) Peer_Init(peer *Peer, args m.PeerInitArgs) error {
 	// we held the lock, so it may be stale under concurrent requests.
 	current, err := db.Peer_Get(a.db, peer.NetworkID, peer.PeerIP)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errs.DB(err)
 	}
 	if len(current.WGPubKey) != 0 {
 		return errs.ErrAlreadyExists
diff --git a/hub/errs/db.go b/hub/errs/db.go
index 4d3eea5..98515ec 100644
--- a/hub/errs/db.go
+++ b/hub/errs/db.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func DB(err error) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
 		return ErrNotFound
 	}
 
diff --git a/peer/remote.go b/peer/remote.go
index 6e20cee..bdd860a 100644
--- a/peer/remote.go
+++ b/peer/remote.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Peer struct {
 	EndpointLAN netip.AddrPort // Discovered via multicast.
 	RTT         time.Duration  // Round-trip time.
 	State       PeerState      // Current routing state; updated on each devXxx call.
-	Role        control.Role   // Client initiates pings; server responds.
+	Role        control.Role   // Role in relation to the local application.
 	SignPubKey  [32]byte       // nacl/sign public key for verifying multicast beacons.
 }