diff --git a/src/sectionsd/sectionsd.cpp b/src/sectionsd/sectionsd.cpp
index 8592c6dba..dc4220715 100644
--- a/src/sectionsd/sectionsd.cpp
+++ b/src/sectionsd/sectionsd.cpp
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ static void removeWasteEvents()
 						while (xmlGetNextOccurence(node, "channel") != NULL) {
 //						printf("here5\n");
 							if (e->second->service_id != xmlGetNumericAttribute(node,
-									(char*)"service_id", 16))
+									"service_id", 16))
 								node = node->xmlNextNode;
 							else break;
 						}
diff --git a/src/zapit/include/zapit/bouquets.h b/src/zapit/include/zapit/bouquets.h
index bfee0171a..f22b66486 100644
--- a/src/zapit/include/zapit/bouquets.h
+++ b/src/zapit/include/zapit/bouquets.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CBouquetManager
 	CZapitBouquet * remainChannels;
 
 	void makeRemainingChannelsBouquet(void);
-	void parseBouquetsXml            (char * fname, bool ub = false);
+	void parseBouquetsXml            (const char * fname, bool ub = false);
 	void writeBouquetHeader          (FILE * bouq_fd, uint32_t i, const char * bouquetName);
 	void writeBouquetFooter          (FILE * bouq_fd);
 	void writeBouquetChannels        (FILE * bouq_fd, uint32_t i, bool bUser = false);
diff --git a/src/zapit/src/bouquets.cpp b/src/zapit/src/bouquets.cpp
index 80c3c2682..f3a1afedb 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/bouquets.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/bouquets.cpp
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ void CBouquetManager::sortBouquets(void)
 	sort(Bouquets.begin(), Bouquets.end(), CmpBouquetByChName());
 }
 
-void CBouquetManager::parseBouquetsXml(char * fname, bool bUser)
+void CBouquetManager::parseBouquetsXml(const char *fname, bool bUser)
 {
 	xmlDocPtr parser;
 
@@ -387,12 +387,12 @@ void CBouquetManager::parseBouquetsXml(char * fname, bool bUser)
 			newBouquet->bFav = (strcmp(name, "favorites") == 0);
 			channel_node = search->xmlChildrenNode;
 			while ((channel_node = xmlGetNextOccurence(channel_node, "S")) != NULL) {
-				std::string  name2 = xmlGetAttribute(channel_node, (char *) "n");
-				GET_ATTR(channel_node, (char *) "i", SCANF_SERVICE_ID_TYPE, service_id);
-				GET_ATTR(channel_node, (char *) "on", SCANF_ORIGINAL_NETWORK_ID_TYPE, original_network_id);
-				GET_ATTR(channel_node, (char *) "s", SCANF_SATELLITE_POSITION_TYPE, satellitePosition);
-				GET_ATTR(channel_node, (char *) "t", SCANF_TRANSPORT_STREAM_ID_TYPE, transport_stream_id);
-				GET_ATTR(channel_node, (char *) "frq", SCANF_SATELLITE_POSITION_TYPE, freq);
+				std::string  name2 = xmlGetAttribute(channel_node, "n");
+				GET_ATTR(channel_node, "i", SCANF_SERVICE_ID_TYPE, service_id);
+				GET_ATTR(channel_node, "on", SCANF_ORIGINAL_NETWORK_ID_TYPE, original_network_id);
+				GET_ATTR(channel_node, "s", SCANF_SATELLITE_POSITION_TYPE, satellitePosition);
+				GET_ATTR(channel_node, "t", SCANF_TRANSPORT_STREAM_ID_TYPE, transport_stream_id);
+				GET_ATTR(channel_node, "frq", SCANF_SATELLITE_POSITION_TYPE, freq);
 				if(freq > 20000) freq = freq/1000;
 
 				CZapitChannel* chan;
@@ -428,11 +428,11 @@ void CBouquetManager::loadBouquets(bool ignoreBouquetFile)
 {
 TIMER_START();
 	if (ignoreBouquetFile == false) {
-		parseBouquetsXml((char *) BOUQUETS_XML, false);
+		parseBouquetsXml(BOUQUETS_XML, false);
 		sortBouquets();
 	}
 
-	parseBouquetsXml((char *) UBOUQUETS_XML, true);
+	parseBouquetsXml(UBOUQUETS_XML, true);
 	renumServices();
 TIMER_STOP("[zapit] bouquet loading took");
 }