diff --git a/log.go b/log.go
index ef3bc958..7e0e84b2 100644
--- a/log.go
+++ b/log.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type FileLogWriter struct {
 
 	rotate bool
 
-	startLock sync.Mutex //only one log can writer to the file
+	startLock sync.Mutex // Only one log can write to the file
 }
 
 type MuxWriter struct {
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index b793b2bd..e7409ecc 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ func (p *ControllerRegistor) Add(pattern string, c ControllerInterface, mappingM
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	t := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(c)).Type()
+	reflectVal := reflect.ValueOf(c)
+	t := reflect.Indirect(reflectVal).Type()
 	methods := make(map[string]string)
 	if len(mappingMethods) > 0 {
 		semi := strings.Split(mappingMethods[0], ";")
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func (p *ControllerRegistor) Add(pattern string, c ControllerInterface, mappingM
 			comma := strings.Split(colon[0], ",")
 			for _, m := range comma {
 				if m == "*" || inSlice(strings.ToLower(m), HTTPMETHOD) {
-					if _, ok := t.MethodByName(colon[1]); ok {
+					if val := reflectVal.MethodByName(colon[1]); val.IsValid() {
 						methods[strings.ToLower(m)] = colon[1]
 					} else {
 						panic(colon[1] + " method don't exist in the controller " + t.Name())
diff --git a/template.go b/template.go
index 2112f806..654bdf3f 100644
--- a/template.go
+++ b/template.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ func init() {
 	beegoTplFuncMap = make(template.FuncMap)
 	BeeTemplateExt = make([]string, 0)
 	BeeTemplateExt = append(BeeTemplateExt, "tpl", "html")
-	beegoTplFuncMap["markdown"] = MarkDown
 	beegoTplFuncMap["dateformat"] = DateFormat
 	beegoTplFuncMap["date"] = Date
 	beegoTplFuncMap["compare"] = Compare
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 8571848d..1adebd2e 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package beego
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/russross/blackfriday"
 	"html/template"
 	"net/url"
 	"reflect"
@@ -20,14 +19,6 @@ func webTime(t time.Time) string {
 	return ftime
 }
 
-// MarkDown parses a string in MarkDown format and returns HTML. Used by the template parser as "markdown"
-func MarkDown(raw string) (output template.HTML) {
-	input := []byte(raw)
-	bOutput := blackfriday.MarkdownBasic(input)
-	output = template.HTML(string(bOutput))
-	return
-}
-
 func Substr(s string, start, length int) string {
 	bt := []rune(s)
 	if start < 0 {