diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/AccountService.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/AccountService.scala
index b445468..78f9728 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/AccountService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/AccountService.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           case _ => None
         }
       case account if (!account.isGroupAccount && account.password == sha1(password)) => Some(account)
-    } getOrElse None
+    }.flatten
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryCreationService.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryCreationService.scala
index 5d553c8..fe8c813 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryCreationService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryCreationService.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   }
 
   def getCreationError(owner: String, repository: String): Option[String] = {
-    Option(Creating.remove(s"${owner}/${repository}")).getOrElse(None)
+    Option(Creating.remove(s"${owner}/${repository}")).flatten
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
index da7ef91..72faa4b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
@@ -766,7 +766,8 @@
           JGitUtil.getContentFromId(git, file.id, true).collect {
             case bytes if FileUtil.isText(bytes) => StringUtil.convertFromByteArray(bytes)
           }
-        } getOrElse None
+        }
+        .flatten
     } getOrElse ""
   }
 }