diff --git a/effects/effect.cpp b/effects/effect.cpp
index 2ed853a23..9a08f4b93 100644
--- a/effects/effect.cpp
+++ b/effects/effect.cpp
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ Effect::Effect(Clip* c, const EffectMeta *em) :
 											} else if (attr.name() == "bf") {
 												color.setBlueF(attr.value().toFloat());
 											} else if (attr.name() == "hex") {
-												color.setNamedColor(attr.value());
+												color.setNamedColor(attr.value().toString());
 											}
 										}
 										field->set_color_value(color);
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ Effect::Effect(Clip* c, const EffectMeta *em) :
 					for (int i=0;i<attributes.size();i++) {
 						const QXmlStreamAttribute& attr = attributes.at(i);
 						if (attr.name() == "script") {
-							QFile script_file = get_effects_dir() + "/" + attr.value().toString();
+							QFile script_file(get_effects_dir() + "/" + attr.value().toString());
 							if (script_file.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
 								script = script_file.readAll();
 								wrapper_obj = jsEngine.newQObject(&painter_wrapper);
diff --git a/effects/internal/shakeeffect.cpp b/effects/internal/shakeeffect.cpp
index 621266f09..5e453d30e 100644
--- a/effects/internal/shakeeffect.cpp
+++ b/effects/internal/shakeeffect.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,4 @@ void ShakeEffect::process_coords(double timecode, GLTextureCoords& coords) {
 	coords.vertexBottomRightY += yoff;
 
 	glRotatef(rotoff, 0, 0, 1);
-
-	evolution++;
 }