diff --git a/src/engine/e_console.c b/src/engine/e_console.c
index edcd90fd0..a8d018283 100644
--- a/src/engine/e_console.c
+++ b/src/engine/e_console.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static int console_validate(COMMAND *command, struct lexer_result *result)
 				return -1;
 			break;
 		default:
-			// unknown char, so just continue...
+			/* unknown char, so just continue... */
 			c++;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -275,9 +275,10 @@ void console_execute(const char *str)
 	else if (result.num_tokens > 0)
 	{
 		const char *name;
+		COMMAND *command;
 		extract_result_string(&result, 0, &name);
 
-		COMMAND *command = console_find_command(name);
+		command = console_find_command(name);
 
 		if (command)
 		{
diff --git a/src/game/client/gc_console.cpp b/src/game/client/gc_console.cpp
index 277cb675e..595560b60 100644
--- a/src/game/client/gc_console.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/gc_console.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static unsigned int console_input_len = 0;
 static char console_input[256] = {0};
 static int active = 0;
 
-static char backlog[256][256] = {0};
+static char backlog[256][256] = {{0}};
 static int backlog_len;
 
 static void client_console_print(const char *str)