diff --git a/partitionmanager/CMakeLists.txt b/partitionmanager/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e68d5a9..cf47f287 100644
--- a/partitionmanager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/partitionmanager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set(VERSION_MINOR "1")
 set(VERSION_RELEASE "0")
 set(VERSION_SUFFIX "")
 set(VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_RELEASE}${VERSION_SUFFIX})
-add_definitions(-D'VERSION="${VERSION}"')
+add_definitions(-DVERSION="${VERSION}")
 
 set(KDE_MIN_VERSION 4.4)
 find_package(KDE4 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/partitionmanager/src/util/externalcommand.cpp b/partitionmanager/src/util/externalcommand.cpp
index a4edacb7..9eee3eb1 100644
--- a/partitionmanager/src/util/externalcommand.cpp
+++ b/partitionmanager/src/util/externalcommand.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ExternalCommand::~ExternalCommand()
 
 void ExternalCommand::setup()
 {
-	setEnvironment(QStringList() << "LC_ALL=C" << QString("PATH=") + getenv("PATH"));
+	setEnvironment(QStringList() << "LC_ALL=C" << QString("PATH=") + QString(getenv("PATH")));
 	setProcessChannelMode(MergedChannels);
 
 	processes = new QProcess[command().size()];