diff --git a/exerr/data.go b/exerr/data.go
index 5027802..a35f7e7 100644
--- a/exerr/data.go
+++ b/exerr/data.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var (
 	CatForeign = ErrorCategory{"Foreign"} // A foreign error that some component threw (e.g. an unknown mongodb error), happens if we call Wrap(..) on an non-bmerror value
 )
 
+//goland:noinspection GoUnusedGlobalVariable
 var AllCategories = []ErrorCategory{CatWrap, CatSystem, CatUser, CatForeign}
 
 type ErrorSeverity struct{ Severity string }
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ var (
 	SevFatal = ErrorSeverity{"Fatal"}
 )
 
+//goland:noinspection GoUnusedGlobalVariable
 var AllSeverities = []ErrorSeverity{SevTrace, SevDebug, SevInfo, SevWarn, SevErr, SevFatal}
 
 type ErrorType struct {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ type ErrorType struct {
 	DefaultStatusCode *int
 }
 
+//goland:noinspection GoUnusedGlobalVariable
 var (
 	TypeInternal       = ErrorType{"INTERNAL_ERROR", langext.Ptr(500)}
 	TypePanic          = ErrorType{"PANIC", langext.Ptr(500)}
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ var (
 	// other values come from pkgconfig
 )
 
-func NewType(key string, defStatusCode *int) {
+func NewType(key string, defStatusCode *int) ErrorType {
 	return ErrorType{key, defStatusCode}
 }
 
diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 9590558..01bebdd 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.190"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.191"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2023-07-24T11:16:57+0200"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2023-07-24T11:18:25+0200"