diff --git a/io.cpp b/io.cpp
index d6734a2c..c6ff5c5a 100644
--- a/io.cpp
+++ b/io.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ access_to_cflags (access_t a) {
         flags = O_WRONLY | O_CREAT;
     }
 
-    a = static_cast<access_t> (a & ~ACCESS_READWRITE);
-
     return flags;
 }
 
diff --git a/ip.cpp.rl b/ip.cpp.rl
index 4bb6fd79..31436764 100644
--- a/ip.cpp.rl
+++ b/ip.cpp.rl
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ ipv4::ip::operator == (const ipv4::ip &rhs) const {
 %%write data;
 
 
-ipv4::ip::ip (const std::string &data) {
+ipv4::ip::ip (const std::string &data)
+{
     bool __success = true;
     uint8_t __octets[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
-    const char *octetstart = nullptr,
-               *octetend   = nullptr;
+    const char *octetstart = data.data ();
+    const char *octetend   = nullptr;
     uint8_t __octet;
 
     int cs = 0;