diff --git a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go
index 77ac7d6df..3e90849e1 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop.go
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ func (Pipe) Default(ctx *context.Context) error {
 	if ctx.Config.Scoop.CommitAuthor.Email == "" {
 		ctx.Config.Scoop.CommitAuthor.Email = "goreleaser@carlosbecker.com"
 	}
+	if ctx.Config.Scoop.URLTemplate == "" {
+		ctx.Config.Scoop.URLTemplate = fmt.Sprintf(
+			"%s/%s/%s/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
+			ctx.Config.GitHubURLs.Download,
+			ctx.Config.Release.GitHub.Owner,
+			ctx.Config.Release.GitHub.Name,
+		)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -101,8 +109,9 @@ type Resource struct {
 	Bin string `json:"bin"` // name of binary inside the archive
 }
 
-func buildManifest(ctx *context.Context, artifacts []artifact.Artifact) (result bytes.Buffer, err error) {
-	manifest := Manifest{
+func buildManifest(ctx *context.Context, artifacts []artifact.Artifact) (bytes.Buffer, error) {
+	var result bytes.Buffer
+	var manifest = Manifest{
 		Version:      ctx.Version,
 		Architecture: make(map[string]Resource),
 		Homepage:     ctx.Config.Scoop.Homepage,
@@ -110,23 +119,17 @@ func buildManifest(ctx *context.Context, artifacts []artifact.Artifact) (result
 		Description:  ctx.Config.Scoop.Description,
 	}
 
-	var url string
-	if ctx.Config.Scoop.URLTemplate == "" {
-		ctx.Config.Scoop.URLTemplate = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/releases/download/{{ .Tag }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}",
-			ctx.Config.GitHubURLs.Download,
-			ctx.Config.Release.GitHub.Owner,
-			ctx.Config.Release.GitHub.Name)
-	}
-
 	for _, artifact := range artifacts {
 		var arch = "64bit"
 		if artifact.Goarch == "386" {
 			arch = "32bit"
 		}
 
-		url, err = tmpl.New(ctx).WithArtifact(artifact, map[string]string{}).Apply(ctx.Config.Scoop.URLTemplate)
+		url, err := tmpl.New(ctx).
+			WithArtifact(artifact, map[string]string{}).
+			Apply(ctx.Config.Scoop.URLTemplate)
 		if err != nil {
-			return
+			return result, err
 		}
 
 		manifest.Architecture[arch] = Resource{
@@ -137,8 +140,8 @@ func buildManifest(ctx *context.Context, artifacts []artifact.Artifact) (result
 
 	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(manifest, "", "    ")
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return result, err
 	}
 	_, err = result.Write(data)
-	return
+	return result, err
 }
diff --git a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go
index 31dcca47c..ca53c29cf 100644
--- a/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go
+++ b/internal/pipeline/scoop/scoop_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/context"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 var update = flag.Bool("update", false, "update .golden files")
@@ -361,10 +362,12 @@ func Test_doRun(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var ctx = tt.args.ctx
 			for _, a := range tt.artifacts {
-				tt.args.ctx.Artifacts.Add(a)
+				ctx.Artifacts.Add(a)
 			}
-			tt.assertError(t, doRun(tt.args.ctx, tt.args.client))
+			require.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Default(ctx))
+			tt.assertError(t, doRun(ctx, tt.args.client))
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -452,19 +455,21 @@ func Test_buildManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		out, err := buildManifest(tt.ctx, []artifact.Artifact{
+		var ctx = tt.ctx
+		Pipe{}.Default(ctx)
+		out, err := buildManifest(ctx, []artifact.Artifact{
 			{Name: "foo_1.0.1_windows_amd64.tar.gz", Goos: "windows", Goarch: "amd64"},
 			{Name: "foo_1.0.1_windows_386.tar.gz", Goos: "windows", Goarch: "386"},
 		})
 
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		if *update {
-			ioutil.WriteFile(tt.filename, out.Bytes(), 0655)
+			require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(tt.filename, out.Bytes(), 0655))
 		}
 		bts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tt.filename)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, string(bts), out.String())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, string(bts), out.String())
 	}
 }