diff --git a/Src/GameLoader.cpp b/Src/GameLoader.cpp
index a3191b5..e078203 100644
--- a/Src/GameLoader.cpp
+++ b/Src/GameLoader.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ bool GameLoader::MissingAttrib(const GameLoader &loader, const Util::Config::Nod
 
 GameLoader::File::ptr_t GameLoader::File::Create(const GameLoader &loader, const Util::Config::Node &file_node)
 {
-  if (GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, file_node, "name") || GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, file_node, "offset"))
+  if (GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, file_node, "name") | GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, file_node, "offset")) // no || to easier detect errors
     return ptr_t();
   ptr_t file = std::make_shared<File>();
   file->offset = file_node["offset"].ValueAs<uint32_t>();
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ bool GameLoader::File::operator==(const File &rhs) const
 
 GameLoader::Region::ptr_t GameLoader::Region::Create(const GameLoader &loader, const Util::Config::Node &region_node)
 {
-  if (GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, region_node, "name") || MissingAttrib(loader, region_node, "stride") | GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, region_node, "chunk_size"))
+  if (GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, region_node, "name") | MissingAttrib(loader, region_node, "stride") | GameLoader::MissingAttrib(loader, region_node, "chunk_size")) // no || to easier detect errors
     return ptr_t();
   ptr_t region = std::make_shared<Region>();
   region->region_name = region_node["name"].Value<std::string>();
diff --git a/Src/Inputs/Inputs.cpp b/Src/Inputs/Inputs.cpp
index a300eea..d3235bc 100644
--- a/Src/Inputs/Inputs.cpp
+++ b/Src/Inputs/Inputs.cpp
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@ void CInputs::PrintHeader(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_end(vl);
 
 	puts(header);
-	const size_t hs = strlen(header);
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < hs; i++)
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(header); i++)
 		putchar('-');
 	printf("\n\n");
 }
diff --git a/Src/Network/TCPSend.cpp b/Src/Network/TCPSend.cpp
index bb29722..8254b7b 100644
--- a/Src/Network/TCPSend.cpp
+++ b/Src/Network/TCPSend.cpp
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ bool TCPSend::Send(const void * data, int length)
 
 	DPRINTF("Sending %i bytes\n", length);
 
-	int sent;
-
-	sent = SDLNet_TCP_Send(m_socket, &length, sizeof(int));		// pack the length at the start of transmission.
+	int sent = SDLNet_TCP_Send(m_socket, &length, sizeof(int));		// pack the length at the start of transmission.
 
 	if (!length)
 		return true;		// 0 sized packet will blow our connex