diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index f54f6220..132d666a 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ gboolean config_expect_token ( GScanner *scanner, gint token, gchar *fmt, ...)
   va_start(args,fmt);
   errmsg = g_strdup_vprintf(fmt,args);
   va_end(args);
-  g_scanner_error(scanner,errmsg);
+  g_scanner_error(scanner,"%s",errmsg);
   g_free(errmsg);
 
   return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/jpath.c b/src/jpath.c
index fde44d2a..e1eb97c5 100644
--- a/src/jpath.c
+++ b/src/jpath.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct json_object *jpath_filter (GScanner *scanner, struct json_object *obj )
   gchar *key=NULL;
   GTokenType type;
   GTokenValue val;
-  gboolean eq;
+  gboolean eq = FALSE;
 
   next = json_object_new_array();
   type = g_scanner_get_next_token(scanner);