diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/platform.cpp b/src/openalpr/support/platform.cpp
index 185e257..a8db239 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/platform.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/platform.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ namespace alpr
                   return directory;
           #else
                   char buffer[2048];
+                  memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
 
-                  readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer, 2048);
+                  readlink("/proc/self/exe", buffer, sizeof(buffer));
 
                   std::stringstream ss;
                   ss << buffer;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/support/platform.h b/src/openalpr/support/platform.h
index 07b15a4..4100ecd 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/support/platform.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/support/platform.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef OPENALPR_PLATFORM_H
 #define OPENALPR_PLATFORM_H
 
-#include <string>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #ifdef WINDOWS