diff --git a/halloc.c b/halloc.c
index 3779f99b6..996a4cb56 100644
--- a/halloc.c
+++ b/halloc.c
@@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
 #include "common.h"
 #include "halloc.h"
 
-#define HALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE 256
+#define HALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE 128
 #define HALLOC_SCRAP_SIZE 16
 
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 static int child_count=0;
 static int child_size=0;
 static int alloc_count =0;
 static int alloc_spill = 0;
 static pid_t pid=0;
 static int parent_count=0;
-
+#endif
 
 typedef struct halloc
 {
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ static void late_free( void *data)
 {
 }
 
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 static void woot()
 {
 	if( getpid() == pid )
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ static void woot()
 			   parent_count+alloc_count, (double)alloc_spill/(parent_count+alloc_count) );				
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
 void *halloc( void *context, size_t size )
 {	
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ void *halloc( void *context, size_t size )
 	{
 		void *res;
 		
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 			
 		if( !child_count )
 		{
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ void *halloc( void *context, size_t size )
 		
 		child_count++;
 		child_size += size;
-		
+#endif	
 		parent = halloc_from_data( context );
 		if( size <= parent->scratch_free )
 		{
@@ -80,11 +84,16 @@ void *halloc( void *context, size_t size )
 		}
 		else
 		{
+
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 			alloc_count++;
-			
+#endif	
+		
 			if( parent->scratch_free < HALLOC_SCRAP_SIZE )
 			{
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 				alloc_spill += parent->scratch_free;
+#endif
 				res = calloc( 1, size + HALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE );
 				parent->scratch = res + size;
 				parent->scratch_free = HALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE;
@@ -106,8 +115,9 @@ void *halloc( void *context, size_t size )
 		
 		if( !me )
 			return 0;
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 		parent_count++;
-		
+#endif		
 		me->scratch = ((void *)me) + sizeof(halloc_t) + size;
 		me->scratch_free = HALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE;
 		
@@ -138,8 +148,9 @@ void halloc_free( void *context )
 	
 	me = halloc_from_data( context );
 
+#ifdef HALLOC_DEBUG
 	alloc_spill += me->scratch_free;
-
+#endif
 	for( i=0; i<al_get_count(&me->children); i+=2 )
 	{
 		void (*func)(void *) = (void (*)(void *))al_get( &me->children, i );
diff --git a/highlight.c b/highlight.c
index 1a7156d6f..51f336654 100644
--- a/highlight.c
+++ b/highlight.c
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ void highlight_shell( wchar_t * buff,
 					/*
 					  Command. First check that the command actually exists.
 					*/
-					wchar_t *cmd = 
-						(last_type == TOK_STRING) ? 
-						expand_one( 0, wcsdup(tok_last( &tok )),EXPAND_SKIP_SUBSHELL | EXPAND_SKIP_VARIABLES) : 
-						wcsdup(tok_last( &tok ));
+					wchar_t *cmd = expand_one( 0, 
+											   wcsdup(tok_last( &tok )),
+											   EXPAND_SKIP_SUBSHELL | EXPAND_SKIP_VARIABLES);
+					
 					if( cmd == 0 )
 					{
 						color[ tok_get_pos( &tok ) ] = HIGHLIGHT_ERROR;
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ void highlight_shell( wchar_t * buff,
 						int is_subcommand = 0;
 						int mark = tok_get_pos( &tok );
 						color[ tok_get_pos( &tok ) ] = HIGHLIGHT_COMMAND;
-
 						
 						if( parser_is_subcommand( cmd ) )
 						{
diff --git a/kill.c b/kill.c
index f3c07e195..b4a2a7d75 100644
--- a/kill.c
+++ b/kill.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void kill_check_x_buffer()
 		
 		for( i=0; i<al_get_count( &list ); i++ )
 		{
-			wchar_t *next_line = escape( (wchar_t *)al_get( &list, i ), 0);
+			wchar_t *next_line = escape( (wchar_t *)al_get( &list, i ), 0 );
 			if( i==0 )
 			{
 				new_cut_buffer = next_line;
diff --git a/parse_util.c b/parse_util.c
index dbcffdb22..fd645ce70 100644
--- a/parse_util.c
+++ b/parse_util.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ int parse_util_load( const wchar_t *cmd,
 		hash_init( all_loaded, &hash_wcs_func, &hash_wcs_cmp );
 	}
 	
-	loaded = hash_get( all_loaded, path_var );
+	loaded = (hash_table_t *)hash_get( all_loaded, path_var );
 	
 	if( !loaded )
 	{
diff --git a/reader.c b/reader.c
index 63064bab8..d255c85f6 100644
--- a/reader.c
+++ b/reader.c
@@ -1417,6 +1417,7 @@ static void run_pager( wchar_t *prefix, int is_quoted, array_list_t *comp )
 	sb_init( &cmd );
 	sb_printf( &cmd,
 			   L"fish_pager %d %ls",
+//			   L"valgrind --track-fds=yes --log-file=pager.txt ./fish_pager %d %ls",
 			   is_quoted,
 			   prefix_esc );