diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
index a8773a99..010be0f8 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void plString::IConvertFromIso8859_1(const char *astr, size_t size)
         return;
 
     if (size == STRLEN_AUTO)
-        size = strnlen(astr, -(int32_t)size);
+        size = strnlen(astr, size);
 
     // Calculate the UTF-8 size
     size_t convlen = 0;
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMisc.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMisc.cpp
index ef6abde0..fe00a35b 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMisc.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMisc.cpp
@@ -994,9 +994,9 @@ PyObject* cyMisc::GetLocalAvatar()
 PyObject* cyMisc::GetLocalPlayer()
 {
     return pyPlayer::New(plNetClientMgr::GetInstance()->GetLocalPlayerKey(),
-                        plNetClientMgr::GetInstance()->GetPlayerName().c_str(),
-                        plNetClientMgr::GetInstance()->GetPlayerID(),
-                        0.0 );
+                         plNetClientMgr::GetInstance()->GetPlayerName(),
+                         plNetClientMgr::GetInstance()->GetPlayerID(),
+                         0.0 );
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////