diff --git a/src/pages.go b/src/pages.go
index 105d581..e204de6 100644
--- a/src/pages.go
+++ b/src/pages.go
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ var (
 	}, []string{"cause"})
 )
 
-func makeWebRoot(host string, projectName string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", strings.ToLower(host), projectName)
-}
-
 func reportSiteUpdate(via string, result *UpdateResult) {
 	siteUpdatesCount.With(prometheus.Labels{"via": via}).Inc()
 
@@ -63,6 +59,16 @@ func reportSiteUpdate(via string, result *UpdateResult) {
 	}
 }
 
+func makeWebRoot(host string, projectName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", strings.ToLower(host), projectName)
+}
+
+func writeRedirect(w http.ResponseWriter, code int, path string) {
+	w.Header().Set("Location", path)
+	w.WriteHeader(code)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "see %s\n", path)
+}
+
 // The `clauspost/compress/zstd` package recommends reusing a decompressor to avoid repeated
 // allocations of internal buffers.
 var zstdDecoder, _ = zstd.NewReader(nil)
@@ -185,9 +191,7 @@ func getPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 			originalURL := (&url.URL{Host: r.Host}).ResolveReference(r.URL)
 			redirectURL, redirectStatus := ApplyRedirectRules(manifest, originalURL, redirectKind)
 			if Is3xxHTTPStatus(redirectStatus) {
-				w.Header().Set("Location", redirectURL.String())
-				w.WriteHeader(int(redirectStatus))
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "see %s\n", redirectURL.String())
+				writeRedirect(w, redirectStatus, redirectURL.String())
 				return nil
 			} else if redirectURL != nil {
 				entryPath = strings.TrimPrefix(redirectURL.Path, "/")
@@ -232,9 +236,7 @@ func getPage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 				// redirect from `dir` to `dir/`, otherwise when `dir/index.html` is served,
 				// links in it will have the wrong base URL
 				newPath := r.URL.Path + "/"
-				w.Header().Set("Location", newPath)
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusFound)
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "see %s\n", newPath)
+				writeRedirect(w, http.StatusFound, newPath)
 				return nil
 			}
 		} else if entry.GetType() == Type_Symlink {
diff --git a/src/redirects.go b/src/redirects.go
index 898182c..5dde399 100644
--- a/src/redirects.go
+++ b/src/redirects.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func unparseRule(rule redirects.Rule) string {
 	return strings.Join(parts, " ")
 }
 
-var validRedirectHTTPStatuses []uint = []uint{
+var validRedirectHTTPStatuses []int = []int{
 	http.StatusOK,
 	http.StatusMovedPermanently,
 	http.StatusFound,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var validRedirectHTTPStatuses []uint = []uint{
 	http.StatusUnavailableForLegalReasons,
 }
 
-func Is3xxHTTPStatus(status uint) bool {
+func Is3xxHTTPStatus(status int) bool {
 	return status >= 300 && status <= 399
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func validateRedirectRule(rule redirects.Rule) error {
 	if len(rule.Params) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("rules with parameters are not supported")
 	}
-	if !slices.Contains(validRedirectHTTPStatuses, uint(rule.Status)) {
+	if !slices.Contains(validRedirectHTTPStatuses, rule.Status) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("rule cannot use status %d: must be %v",
 			rule.Status, validRedirectHTTPStatuses)
 	}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func validateRedirectRule(rule redirects.Rule) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("malformed 'to' URL")
 	}
-	if !Is3xxHTTPStatus(uint(rule.Status)) {
+	if !Is3xxHTTPStatus(rule.Status) {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(toURL.Path, "/") {
 			return fmt.Errorf("'to' URL path must start with a / for non-3xx status rules")
 		}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const (
 func ApplyRedirectRules(
 	manifest *Manifest, fromURL *url.URL, kind RedirectKind,
 ) (
-	toURL *url.URL, status uint,
+	toURL *url.URL, status int,
 ) {
 	fromSegments := pathSegments(fromURL.Path)
 next:
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ next:
 			Path:     "/" + strings.Join(toSegments, "/"),
 			RawQuery: fromURL.RawQuery,
 		}
-		status = uint(*rule.Status)
+		status = int(*rule.Status)
 		break
 	}
 	// no redirect found