diff --git a/Cantera/src/BasisOptimize.cpp b/Cantera/src/BasisOptimize.cpp
index 5a365ee57..78d3b3341 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/BasisOptimize.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/BasisOptimize.cpp
@@ -539,8 +539,10 @@ static int amax(double *x, int j, int n) {
        for (k = i + 1; k < n; ++k) {
 	 if (c[k + i * idem] != 0.0) goto FOUND_PIVOT;
        }
+#ifdef DEBUG_HKM
        sprintf(sbuf,"vcs_mlequ ERROR: Encountered a zero column: %d\n", i); 
        writelog(sbuf);
+#endif
        return 1;
      FOUND_PIVOT: ;
        for (j = 0; j < n; ++j) c[i + j * idem] += c[k + j * idem];
diff --git a/Cantera/src/misc.cpp b/Cantera/src/misc.cpp
index 513f24ee4..239cdddf1 100755
--- a/Cantera/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/misc.cpp
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ namespace Cantera {
 
     // Add an entry to the log file.
     // @ingroup HTML_logs
-    void Cantera::addLogEntry(std::string msg) {
+    void addLogEntry(std::string msg) {
         if (s_app->loglevel > 0 && s_app->current)
             s_app->current->addChild("li",msg);
     }