diff --git a/models/ColorModel.cpp b/models/ColorModel.cpp
index 625e660c..e6541640 100644
--- a/models/ColorModel.cpp
+++ b/models/ColorModel.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void ScaLBL_ColorModel::AssignComponentLabels(double *phase)
 			VALUE=LabelList[idx];
 			AFFINITY=AffinityList[idx];
 			double volume_fraction  = double(label_count_global[idx])/double((Nx-2)*(Ny-2)*(Nz-2)*nprocz);
-			printf("   label=%i, affinity=%f, volume fraction==%f\n",int(VALUE),AFFINITY,volume_fraction); 
+			printf("   label=%i, affinity=%f, volume fraction=%f\n",int(VALUE),AFFINITY,volume_fraction); 
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/lbpm_morphopen_pp.cpp b/tests/lbpm_morphopen_pp.cpp
index dfb7a924..fdd5f439 100644
--- a/tests/lbpm_morphopen_pp.cpp
+++ b/tests/lbpm_morphopen_pp.cpp
@@ -167,9 +167,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				for (int j=0;j<ny;j++){
 					for (int i=0;i<nx;i++){
 						int n = k*nx*ny+j*nx+i;
-						char VALUE=id[n];
+						char LOCVAL = id[n];
 						for (unsigned int idx=0; idx < NLABELS; idx++){
-							if (VALUE == LabelList[idx]){
+							char VALUE=LabelList[idx];
+							if (LOCVAL == VALUE){
 								idx = NLABELS;
 								char NEWVALUE=HistoryLabels[idx];
 								if (SignDist(i,j,k) < 1.0) id[n] = NEWVALUE;