diff --git a/app/peppy/common.go b/app/peppy/common.go
index 02e7701..0a669be 100644
--- a/app/peppy/common.go
+++ b/app/peppy/common.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"git.zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
+
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ func genmode(m string) string {
 	return m
 }
 func genmodei(m string) int {
-	v, _ := strconv.Atoi(m)
+	v := common.Int(m)
 	if v > 3 || v < 0 {
 		v = 0
 	}
diff --git a/app/v1/beatmap.go b/app/v1/beatmap.go
index a95b77a..3adedba 100644
--- a/app/v1/beatmap.go
+++ b/app/v1/beatmap.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package v1
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"git.zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
@@ -119,11 +118,11 @@ func BeatmapGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	if md.C.Query("s") == "" && md.C.Query("b") == "" {
 		return common.SimpleResponse(400, "Must pass either querystring param 'b' or 's'")
 	}
-	setID, _ := strconv.Atoi(md.C.Query("s"))
+	setID := common.Int(md.C.Query("s"))
 	if setID != 0 {
 		return getSet(md, setID)
 	}
-	beatmapID, _ := strconv.Atoi(md.C.Query("b"))
+	beatmapID := common.Int(md.C.Query("b"))
 	if beatmapID != 0 {
 		return getBeatmap(md, beatmapID)
 	}
diff --git a/app/v1/friend.go b/app/v1/friend.go
index d5410b2..f950322 100644
--- a/app/v1/friend.go
+++ b/app/v1/friend.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package v1
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"git.zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
@@ -116,11 +115,11 @@ type friendsWithResponse struct {
 
 // FriendsWithGET checks the current user is friends with the one passed in the request path.
 func FriendsWithGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
-	r := friendsWithResponse{}
+	var r friendsWithResponse
 	r.Code = 200
-	uid, err := strconv.Atoi(md.C.Query("id"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.SimpleResponse(400, "That is not a number!")
+	uid := common.Int(md.C.Query("id"))
+	if uid == 0 {
+		return r
 	}
 	err = md.DB.QueryRow("SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM users_relationships WHERE user1 = ? AND user2 = ? LIMIT 1), EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM users_relationships WHERE user2 = ? AND user1 = ? LIMIT 1)", md.ID(), uid, md.ID(), uid).Scan(&r.Friends, &r.Mutual)
 	if err != sql.ErrNoRows && err != nil {
@@ -135,12 +134,7 @@ func FriendsWithGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 
 // FriendsAddGET is the GET version of FriendsAddPOST.
 func FriendsAddGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
-	uidS := md.C.Query("id")
-	uid, err := strconv.Atoi(uidS)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.SimpleResponse(400, "Nope. That's not a number.")
-	}
-	return addFriend(md, uid)
+	return addFriend(md, common.Int(md.C.Query("id")))
 }
 
 func addFriend(md common.MethodData, u int) common.CodeMessager {
@@ -184,12 +178,7 @@ func userExists(md common.MethodData, u int) (r bool) {
 
 // FriendsDelGET is the GET version of FriendDelPOST.
 func FriendsDelGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
-	uidS := md.C.Query("id")
-	uid, err := strconv.Atoi(uidS)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.SimpleResponse(400, "Nope. That's not a number.")
-	}
-	return delFriend(md, uid)
+	return delFriend(md, common.Int(md.C.Query("id")))
 }
 
 func delFriend(md common.MethodData, u int) common.CodeMessager {
diff --git a/app/v1/user.go b/app/v1/user.go
index 8432350..5297ea8 100644
--- a/app/v1/user.go
+++ b/app/v1/user.go
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ func badgesToArray(badges string) []int {
 	badgesSl := strings.Split(badges, ",")
 	for _, badge := range badgesSl {
 		if badge != "" && badge != "0" {
-			// We are ignoring errors because who really gives a shit if something's gone wrong on our end in this
-			// particular thing, we can just silently ignore this.
-			nb, err := strconv.Atoi(badge)
-			if err == nil && nb != 0 {
+			nb := common.Int(badge)
+			if nb != 0 {
 				end = append(end, nb)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/common/int.go b/common/int.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c0ae26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/int.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package common
+
+// Int converts s to an int. If s in an invalid int, it defaults to 0.
+func Int(s string) int {
+	r, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
+	return r
+}