diff --git a/src/lib/metric.c b/src/lib/metric.c
index 26bb9d6f9..c7b6785e6 100644
--- a/src/lib/metric.c
+++ b/src/lib/metric.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const char* ncnmetric(uintmax_t val, size_t s, uintmax_t decimal,
   unsigned consumed = 0;
   uintmax_t dv = mult;
   if(decimal <= val || val == 0){
-    // FIXME verify that input < 2^89, wish we had static_assert() :/
+    // FIXME verify that input < 2^89
     while((val / decimal) >= dv && consumed < sizeof(prefixes) / sizeof(*prefixes)){
       dv *= mult;
       ++consumed;
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 0579bc8f0..6d0f83e8d 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ notcurses_early_init(const struct notcurses_options* opts, FILE* fp, unsigned* u
     free(ret);
     return NULL;
   }
-  if(utf8){
+  if(*utf8){
     ncmetric_use_utf8();
   }
   return ret;