diff --git a/Conky.kdevelop b/Conky.kdevelop
index 94dc211f..795bbc0a 100644
--- a/Conky.kdevelop
+++ b/Conky.kdevelop
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <ccompiler>kdevgccoptions</ccompiler>
         <cxxcompiler>kdevgppoptions</cxxcompiler>
         <f77compiler>kdevpgf77options</f77compiler>
-        <cflags>-O2 -Wall -fexceptions -fomit-frame-pointer -fshort-enums -g3</cflags>
+        <cflags>-O2 -Wall -fexceptions -fomit-frame-pointer -fshort-enums -g3 -CB</cflags>
         <envvars/>
         <topsourcedir></topsourcedir>
         <cppflags></cppflags>
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@
         <envvars/>
         <configargs>--enable-debug=full --prefix=/usr --enable-mpd --enable-xft --enable-seti --enable-double-buffer --enable-own-window --enable-metar --enable-mldonkey --disable-x11</configargs>
         <builddir>debug-no-x</builddir>
-        <topsourcedir></topsourcedir>
-        <cppflags></cppflags>
-        <ldflags></ldflags>
+        <topsourcedir/>
+        <cppflags/>
+        <ldflags/>
         <ccompiler>kdevgccoptions</ccompiler>
         <cxxcompiler>kdevgppoptions</cxxcompiler>
         <f77compiler>kdevpgf77options</f77compiler>
-        <ccompilerbinary></ccompilerbinary>
-        <cxxcompilerbinary></cxxcompilerbinary>
-        <f77compilerbinary></f77compilerbinary>
+        <ccompilerbinary/>
+        <cxxcompilerbinary/>
+        <f77compilerbinary/>
         <cflags>-O2 -Wall -fexceptions -fomit-frame-pointer -fshort-enums -g3</cflags>
-        <cxxflags></cxxflags>
-        <f77flags></f77flags>
+        <cxxflags/>
+        <f77flags/>
       </debug-no-x>
     </configurations>
     <make>
diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 3833dd68..ef5e93f4 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FILE *open_file(const char *file, int *reported)
 	FILE *fp = fopen(file, "r");
 	if (!fp) {
 		if (!reported || *reported == 0) {
-			ERR("can't open %s: %s", file, strerror(errno));
+			CRIT_ERR("can't open %s: %s", file, strerror(errno));
 			if (reported)
 				*reported = 1;
 		}
diff --git a/conky.h b/conky.h
index f74e1df1..e7d219a5 100644
--- a/conky.h
+++ b/conky.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef _conky_h_
 #define _conky_h_
 
+#undef MALLOC_CHECK_
 
 //#include <mcheck.h>
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/linux.c b/linux.c
index d31489b4..7a8a9719 100644
--- a/linux.c
+++ b/linux.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ inline void update_wifi_stats()
 		net_wireless_fp = open_file("/proc/net/wireless", &rep);
 	else
 		fseek(net_wireless_fp, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	if (!net_wireless_fp)
+	if (net_wireless_fp == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	fgets(buf, 255, net_wireless_fp);	/* garbage */
diff --git a/top.c b/top.c
index a7821ac9..511e3b57 100644
--- a/top.c
+++ b/top.c
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ inline static void calc_cpu_each(int total)
 /*
 * Result is stored in decreasing order in best[0-9].
 */
-
+#define MAX_TOP_SIZE 400 /* this is plenty big */
 static struct process **sorttmp;
 static size_t sorttmp_size = 10;
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ inline void process_find_top(struct process **cpu, struct process **mem)
 			if (i < sorttmp_size && pr->counted) {
 				sorttmp[i] = pr;
 				i++;
-			} else if (i == sorttmp_size && pr->counted) {
+			} else if (i == sorttmp_size && pr->counted && sorttmp_size < MAX_TOP_SIZE) {
 				sorttmp_size++;
 				sorttmp =
 				    realloc(sorttmp,
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ inline void process_find_top(struct process **cpu, struct process **mem)
 			pr = pr->next;
 		}
 		if (i + 1 < sorttmp_size) {
+			sorttmp_size--;
 			sorttmp =
 			    realloc(sorttmp,
 				    sizeof(struct process) * sorttmp_size);
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ inline void process_find_top(struct process **cpu, struct process **mem)
 			if (i < sorttmp_size && pr->counted) {
 				sorttmp[i] = pr;
 				i++;
-			} else if (i == sorttmp_size && pr->counted) {
+			} else if (i == sorttmp_size && pr->counted && sorttmp_size < MAX_TOP_SIZE) {
 				sorttmp_size++;
 				sorttmp =
 				    realloc(sorttmp,
@@ -473,6 +474,7 @@ inline void process_find_top(struct process **cpu, struct process **mem)
 			pr = pr->next;
 		}
 		if (i + 1 < sorttmp_size) {
+			sorttmp_size--;
 			sorttmp =
 			    realloc(sorttmp,
 				    sizeof(struct process) * sorttmp_size);