diff --git a/src/internfile/mh_mbox.cpp b/src/internfile/mh_mbox.cpp
index 495284fc..c77d42c8 100644
--- a/src/internfile/mh_mbox.cpp
+++ b/src/internfile/mh_mbox.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool MimeHandlerMbox::set_document_file_impl(const string&, const string &fn)
     LOGDEB("MimeHandlerMbox::set_document_file(" << fn << ")\n");
     clear_impl();
     m->fn = fn;
-    m->instream = ifstream(fn.c_str(), std::ifstream::binary);
+    m->instream.open(fn.c_str(), std::ifstream::binary);
     if (!m->instream.good()) {
         LOGSYSERR("MimeHandlerMail::set_document_file", "ifstream", fn);
         return false;
diff --git a/src/python/recoll/pyrecoll.cpp b/src/python/recoll/pyrecoll.cpp
index 9bde5fdf..7b46fcd6 100644
--- a/src/python/recoll/pyrecoll.cpp
+++ b/src/python/recoll/pyrecoll.cpp
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ Query_getgroups(recoll_QueryObject* self, PyObject *, PyObject *)
     // make a python list of each, then group those in a pair, and
     // append this to the main list.
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < hld.index_term_groups.size(); i++) {
-        HighlightData::TermGroup& tg{hld.index_term_groups[i]};
+        HighlightData::TermGroup& tg(hld.index_term_groups[i]);
         unsigned int ugidx = tg.grpsugidx;
         ulist = PyList_New(hld.ugroups[ugidx].size());
         for (unsigned int j = 0; j < hld.ugroups[ugidx].size(); j++) {