diff --git a/components/squeezelite/alac.c b/components/squeezelite/alac.c
index 9d670fe1..0fc0f8b1 100644
--- a/components/squeezelite/alac.c
+++ b/components/squeezelite/alac.c
@@ -374,10 +374,9 @@ static decode_state alac_decode(void) {
 
 	// need to create a buffer with contiguous data
 	if (bytes < block_size) {
-		u8_t *buffer = malloc(block_size);
-		memcpy(buffer, streambuf->readp, bytes);
-		memcpy(buffer + bytes, streambuf->buf, block_size - bytes);
-		iptr = buffer;
+		iptr = malloc(block_size);
+		memcpy(iptr, streambuf->readp, bytes);
+		memcpy(iptr + bytes, streambuf->buf, block_size - bytes);
 	} else iptr = streambuf->readp;
 
 	if (!alac_to_pcm(l->decoder, iptr, l->writebuf, 2, &frames)) {
diff --git a/components/squeezelite/display.c b/components/squeezelite/display.c
index 8a2dae8a..b1ee365f 100644
--- a/components/squeezelite/display.c
+++ b/components/squeezelite/display.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static void visu_update(void) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-	} else if (displayer.width / 2 >  3 * VU_WIDTH / 4) {
+	} else if (displayer.width / 2 >=  3 * VU_WIDTH / 4) {
 		if (visu.rotate) {
 			draw_VU(display, vu_bitmap, visu.bars[0].current, 0, visu.row, visu.height / 2, visu.rotate);
 			draw_VU(display, vu_bitmap, visu.bars[1].current, 0, visu.row + visu.height / 2, visu.height / 2, visu.rotate);