diff --git a/src/emu/emupal.cpp b/src/emu/emupal.cpp
index e1db3882525..6d0955f3484 100644
--- a/src/emu/emupal.cpp
+++ b/src/emu/emupal.cpp
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ void palette_device::device_start()
 		{
 			// forcing endianness only makes sense when the RAM is narrower than the palette format and not split
 			if (share_ext || (m_paletteram.membits() / 8) >= bytes_per_entry)
-				   throw emu_fatalerror("palette_device(%s): Improper use of MCFG_PALETTE_ENDIANNESS", tag());
+				throw emu_fatalerror("palette_device(%s): Improper use of MCFG_PALETTE_ENDIANNESS", tag());
 			m_paletteram.set_endianness(m_endianness);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp b/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp
index b450757d931..990ad0a9537 100644
--- a/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/netlist/prg/nltool.cpp
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ int tool_app_t::execute()
 	std::cout << plib::pfmt("{:20}")("Общая ком") << "|" << "\n";
 
 	//char x = 'a';
-	auto b= U'\U0449';
+	auto b= U'\U00000449';
 	std::cout << "b: <" << b << ">";
 #endif
 	return 0;