diff --git a/internal/web/base.go b/internal/web/base.go
index d8eec3b90..5d19a3f70 100644
--- a/internal/web/base.go
+++ b/internal/web/base.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (m *Module) Route(s router.Router) error {
 	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, "/:user/statuses/:id", m.threadTemplateHandler)
 
 	// serve email confirmation page at /confirm_email?token=whatever
-	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, confirmEmailPath, m.ConfirmEmailGETHandler)
+	s.AttachHandler(http.MethodGet, confirmEmailPath, m.confirmEmailGETHandler)
 
 	// 404 handler
 	s.AttachNoRouteHandler(m.NotFoundHandler)
diff --git a/internal/web/confirmemail.go b/internal/web/confirmemail.go
index 566e30344..97ed597d3 100644
--- a/internal/web/confirmemail.go
+++ b/internal/web/confirmemail.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-func (m *Module) ConfirmEmailGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
+func (m *Module) confirmEmailGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	// if there's no token in the query, just serve the 404 web handler
 	token := c.Query(tokenParam)
 	if token == "" {