diff --git a/src_main/piversion.h b/src_main/piversion.h
index af31f51b..0bb49f2a 100644
--- a/src_main/piversion.h
+++ b/src_main/piversion.h
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 #define PIP_VERSION_MAJOR      1
 #define PIP_VERSION_MINOR      0
 #define PIP_VERSION_REVISION   0
-#define PIP_VERSION_SUFFIX     "_alpha"
+#define PIP_VERSION_SUFFIX     "_beta"
 
 #endif // PIVERSION_H
diff --git a/src_main/system/piprocess.cpp b/src_main/system/piprocess.cpp
index 6d4f33c0..fb800b92 100755
--- a/src_main/system/piprocess.cpp
+++ b/src_main/system/piprocess.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void PIProcess::startProc(bool detached) {
 
 		//cout << "exec " << tf_in << ", " << tf_out << ", " << tf_err << endl;
 		PIStringList clsl;
-		char a_ = a[0];
+		char * a_ = a[0];
 		int ai_ = 0;
 		while (a_) {
 			clsl << PIString(a_);