diff --git a/confparser.c b/confparser.c
index 4893434..6bc0800 100644
--- a/confparser.c
+++ b/confparser.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int fopen_and_mkdir(const char *dir) {
 	char tmp[256];
 	char *p = NULL;
 	size_t len;
-	FILE *fd;
+	FILE *fp;
 
 	snprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp),"%s",dir);
 	len = strlen(tmp);
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ static int fopen_and_mkdir(const char *dir) {
 			}
 			*p = '/';
 		}   
-        fd = fopen(dir, "a");
-        if (!fd) {
+        fp = fopen(dir, "a");
+        if (!fp) {
                 log_trace(ERROR, "Permission denied to write into: %s", dir);
 		return 1;
 	}
-        fclose(fd);
+        fclose(fp);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ static int test_conf_syntax()
 {
 	int i, j = 0, ok = 1, failed = 0;
 	char buf[CFGLINESIZE], *tmp;
-	FILE *fd = fopen("/etc/rmps/rmps.conf", "r");
+	FILE *fp = fopen("/etc/rmps/rmps.conf", "r");
 
-	if (fd == NULL) {
+	if (fp == NULL) {
 		log_trace(ERROR, "Failed to read /etc/rmps/rmps.conf");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	while (fgets(buf, CFGLINESIZE, fd) != NULL) {
+	while (fgets(buf, CFGLINESIZE, fp) != NULL) {
 		j++;
 		/* kill comments and ignore BLANK lines */
 		if ((tmp = strstr(buf, "#")))
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int test_conf_syntax()
 			ok = !ok;
 		}
 	}
-	fclose(fd);
+	fclose(fp);
 
 	if (failed)
 		return 1;
diff --git a/enum_functions.c b/enum_functions.c
index f41024f..d7b07c0 100644
--- a/enum_functions.c
+++ b/enum_functions.c
@@ -7,23 +7,26 @@
 void enumtostr(char *scode, int code)
 {
 	char line[128];
-	FILE *fd;
+	FILE *fp;
+	int bytes = 0;
 	
 	snprintf(scode, 10, "%d", code);
 
-	fd = fopen("/usr/lib/rmps/resources/enum_codes", "r");
-	if (fd == NULL) {
+	fp = fopen("/usr/lib/rmps/resources/enum_codes", "r");
+	if (fp == NULL) {
 		log_trace(ERROR, "Failed to fetch error enum code!");
 		return;
 	}
-	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fd) != NULL)
+	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
 		if (strstr(line, scode) != NULL) {
-			sprintf(scode, "%s", line);
+			char *byte;
+			bytes = sprintf(scode, "%s", line);
+			byte = memchr(scode, '\n', bytes);
+			byte[-1] = '\0';
 			break;
 		}
-	strncpy( scode,
-		 memchr(scode, '\"', strlen(scode)),
-		 strlen(scode) );
-	fclose(fd);
+	strncpy(scode, (char*)memchr(scode, '\"', bytes) + 1, bytes);
+	fclose(fp);
 	return;
 }
+
diff --git a/log_trace.c b/log_trace.c
index ce1b330..1baf56c 100644
--- a/log_trace.c
+++ b/log_trace.c
@@ -6,49 +6,51 @@
 #include "log_trace.h"
 #include "confparser.h"
 
-static FILE *fderr = NULL;
-static FILE *fdout = NULL;
+static FILE *fderr;
+static FILE *fdout;
 static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+static pthread_once_t init_once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
 
 static void open_logs(void)
 {
-	if (conf.rmps.errlog)
-		fderr = fopen(conf.rmps.errlog, "a");
-	if (conf.rmps.logfile)
-		fdout = fopen(conf.rmps.logfile, "a");
+	if ((fderr = fopen(conf.rmps.errlog, "a")) == NULL)
+		fderr = stderr;
+	if ((fdout = fopen(conf.rmps.logfile, "a")) == NULL)
+		fdout = stdout;
 }
 
-void log_ssl()
+void log_ssl(void)
 {
 	ERR_print_errors_fp(fderr);
 	fflush(fderr);
 }
 
+static void set_fpts(void)
+{
+	fderr = stderr;
+	fdout = stdout;
+}
+
 void log_trace(LOG_LEVEL lvl, char *fmt, ... )  
 {  
 	LOG_LEVEL cur_lvl = conf.rmps.loglevel - '0';
 	char fmt_with_pfx[1024];
 
+	pthread_once(&init_once, set_fpts);
 	if (conf.isvalid)
 		pthread_once(&once, open_logs);
 	if (lvl <= cur_lvl) {
 		va_list list;
-		FILE *fd;
+		FILE *fp;
 		static const char *prefixes[] = {
 			"ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "VERBOSE"
 		};
 		time_t t = time(NULL);
 		struct tm tm = *localtime(&t);
 		if (lvl == ERROR || lvl == WARNING)
-			fd = fderr;
+			fp = fderr;
 		else
-			fd = fdout;
-		if (!fd) {
-			fprintf( stderr,
-				 "Failed to append errlog: %s. Redirecting to stderr:\n",
-				 conf.rmps.errlog );
-			fd = stderr;
-		}
+			fp = fdout;
 		snprintf( fmt_with_pfx,
 			 sizeof(fmt_with_pfx),
 			 "[%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d] %s: %s\n",
@@ -62,10 +64,9 @@ void log_trace(LOG_LEVEL lvl, char *fmt, ... )
 			 fmt );
 
 		va_start(list, fmt);
-		vfprintf(fd, fmt_with_pfx, list);
-		fflush(fd);
+		vfprintf(fp, fmt_with_pfx, list);
+		fflush(fp);
   		va_end(list);
-	} else
-		return;
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/log_trace.h b/log_trace.h
index bd6759a..1ba1810 100644
--- a/log_trace.h
+++ b/log_trace.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	VERBOSE,        /* Errors, warnings, events & more? */
 } LOG_LEVEL;
 
-void log_ssl();
+void log_ssl(void);
 void log_trace(LOG_LEVEL lvl, char *fmt, ... );
 
 #endif /* LOG_TRACE_H */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3f2403d..8f2f6f2 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -54,17 +54,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (task == 2 || task == 3) {
 		char buf[10];
 		int pid;
-		FILE *fd;
+		FILE *fp;
 		if (task == 2)
 			log_trace(VERBOSE, "We got a stop signal!");
 		else if (task == 3)
 			log_trace(VERBOSE, "We got a restart signal!");
 
-		fd = fopen(conf.rmps.pidfile, "r");
+		fp = fopen(conf.rmps.pidfile, "r");
 
 		switch (errno) {
 		case EEXIST:
-			if (!fgets(buf, 10, fd)) {
+			if (!fgets(buf, 10, fp)) {
 				log_trace(ERROR, "Failed to read %s!", conf.rmps.pidfile);
 				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
diff --git a/rmps.c b/rmps.c
index 12f0c12..3a7854c 100644
--- a/rmps.c
+++ b/rmps.c
@@ -10,24 +10,22 @@
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 
-static void rmps_shutdown();
+static void rmps_shutdown(void);
 static void signal_handler(int sig);
-static void set_env();
+static void set_env(void);
 static void daemonize(const char *rundir);
 static void spawn_pidfile(const char *pidfile);
 static inline int set_reuse_addr(int sockfd);
 static int open_listener(int port);
-static void cleanup();
+static void cleanup(void);
 static void signal_handler(int sig);
-//static void show_certs(SSL *ssl);
 static void load_certificates(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *certfile,
 		const char *keyfile, const char *cafile);
 static SSL_CTX* init_server_ctx(const char *cipherlist);
-//static void servlet(SSL *ssl);
 
 static int pid_file_handle;
 
-static void cleanup()
+static void cleanup(void)
 {
 	log_trace(VERBOSE, "Deleting pidfile %s", conf.rmps.pidfile);
 	if (unlink(conf.rmps.pidfile) != 0)
@@ -56,13 +54,13 @@ static void signal_handler(int sig)
 	}
 }
 
-static void rmps_shutdown()
+static void rmps_shutdown(void)
 {
 	close(pid_file_handle);
 	cleanup();
 }
 
-static void set_env()
+static void set_env(void)
 {
 	struct sigaction new_sigaction;
         sigset_t new_sigset;