diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 7bd02ee..11d591c 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func responsesWriter(responses []Response, log *slog.Logger) http.HandlerFunc {
 					http.Error(writer, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 					return
 				}
-			} else if len(response.Body) > 0 {
+			} else if response.Body != "" {
 				data = []byte(response.Body)
 			}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d9c1a2..792399f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/sv-tools/mock-http-server
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11
+	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230203172020-98cc5a0785f9
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1153888..2ed212e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11 h1:BnpYbFZ3T3S1WMpD79r7R5ThWX40TaFB7L31Y8xqSwA=
-github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12 h1:9euLV5sTrTNTRUU9POmDUvfxyj6LAABLUcEWO+JJb4s=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.12/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230203172020-98cc5a0785f9 h1:frX3nT9RkKybPnjyI+yvZh6ZucTZatCCEm9D47sZ2zo=