diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index e7a8398..c614be8 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub fn commit_to_database(connection: &Connection, args: &Args) -> Result<()> {
         "INSERT INTO snapshots (name, snap_id, kind, source, destination, ro_rw) VALUES ('{}', '{}', '{}', '{}', '{}', '{}')",
         args.snapshot_name, args.snapshot_id, args.snapshot_kind, args.source_dir, args.dest_dir, args.snapshot_ro_rw
     );
-    connection.execute(&statement)?;
+    connection.execute(statement)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub fn delete_from_database(connection: &Connection, args: &Args) -> Result<()>
         "DELETE FROM snapshots WHERE name = '{}' OR snap_id = '{}'",
         args.snapshot_id, args.snapshot_id
     );
-    connection.execute(&statement)?;
+    connection.execute(statement)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/operations.rs b/src/operations.rs
index d37c913..b9457cc 100644
--- a/src/operations.rs
+++ b/src/operations.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub fn take_snapshot(args: &Args) -> bool {
 
 pub fn del_snapshot(args: &Args) -> bool {
     Command::new("btrfs")
-        .args(&["subvolume", "delete", &args.snapshot_name])
+        .args(["subvolume", "delete", &args.snapshot_name])
         .status()
         .expect("Error deleting the snapshot.")
         .success()
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ pub fn del_snapshot(args: &Args) -> bool {
 pub fn restore_snapshot(args: &Args) -> bool {
     (!Path::new(&args.source_dir).exists()
         || Command::new("btrfs")
-            .args(&["subvolume", "delete", &args.source_dir])
+            .args(["subvolume", "delete", &args.source_dir])
             .status()
             .expect("Error deleting the subvolume.")
             .success())
         && Command::new("btrfs")
-            .args(&[
+            .args([
                 "subvolume",
                 "snapshot",
                 &args.snapshot_name,