diff --git a/_benchmarks/README.md b/_benchmarks/README.md
index b528d3ae..65f40b80 100644
--- a/_benchmarks/README.md
+++ b/_benchmarks/README.md
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Bombarding http://localhost:5000/api/values/5 with 1000000 requests using 125 co
  1000000 / 1000000 [=======================================================================================] 100.00% 1m25s
 Done!
 Statistics        Avg      Stdev        Max
-  Reqs/sec    11665.30    628.41     21978
+  Reqs/sec      11665.30   628.41       21978
   Latency        10.72ms   1.45ms    112.10ms
   HTTP codes:
     1xx - 0, 2xx - 1000000, 3xx - 0, 4xx - 0, 5xx - 0
diff --git a/sessions/sessiondb/redis/database.go b/sessions/sessiondb/redis/database.go
index ccfbe968..2d827b5b 100644
--- a/sessions/sessiondb/redis/database.go
+++ b/sessions/sessiondb/redis/database.go
@@ -49,22 +49,20 @@ func (db *Database) Load(sid string) (storeDB sessions.RemoteStore) {
 
 	// fetch the values from this session id and copy-> store them
 	storeMaybe, err := db.redis.Get(sid)
-	if err != nil {
-		golog.Errorf("error while trying to load session values(%s) from redis: %v", sid, err)
-		return
-	}
+	// exists
+	if err == nil {
+		storeB, ok := storeMaybe.([]byte)
+		if !ok {
+			golog.Errorf("something wrong, store should be stored as []byte but stored as %#v", storeMaybe)
+			return
+		}
 
-	storeB, ok := storeMaybe.([]byte)
-	if !ok {
-		golog.Errorf("something wrong, store should be stored as []byte but stored as %#v", storeMaybe)
-		return
-	}
-
-	storeDB, err = sessions.DecodeRemoteStore(storeB) // decode the whole value, as a remote store
-	if err != nil {
-		golog.Errorf(`error while trying to load session values(%s) from redis:
-		the retrieved value is not a sessions.RemoteStore type, please report that as bug, that should never occur`,
-			sid)
+		storeDB, err = sessions.DecodeRemoteStore(storeB) // decode the whole value, as a remote store
+		if err != nil {
+			golog.Errorf(`error while trying to load session values(%s) from redis:
+			the retrieved value is not a sessions.RemoteStore type, please report that as bug, that should never occur: %v`,
+				sid, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return