diff --git a/libs/framework/src/manifest.c b/libs/framework/src/manifest.c
index 2a42378cc..4f0884e90 100644
--- a/libs/framework/src/manifest.c
+++ b/libs/framework/src/manifest.c
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ celix_status_t manifest_read(manifest_pt manifest, const char *filename) {
 }
 
 celix_status_t manifest_readFromStream(manifest_pt manifest, FILE* stream) {
-    char lbuf[512];
-    char *bytes = lbuf;
+    char stackBuf[512];
+    char *bytes = stackBuf;
 
     // get file size
-    if(fseek(stream, 0L, SEEK_END) == -1) {
-        return CELIX_ERROR_MAKE(CELIX_FACILITY_CERRNO,errno);
+    if (fseek(stream, 0L, SEEK_END) == -1) {
+        return CELIX_ERROR_MAKE(CELIX_FACILITY_CERRNO, errno);
     }
     long int size = ftell(stream);
     if (size < 0) {
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ celix_status_t manifest_readFromStream(manifest_pt manifest, FILE* stream) {
     }
     rewind(stream);
 
-    celix_autofree char* largeBuf = NULL;
-    if (size+1 > sizeof(lbuf)) {
-        largeBuf = bytes =  malloc(size+1);
-        if (largeBuf == NULL) {
+    celix_autofree char* heapBuf = NULL;
+    if (size+1 > sizeof(stackBuf)) {
+        heapBuf = bytes =  malloc(size+1);
+        if (heapBuf == NULL) {
             celix_err_pushf("Manifest error: failed to allocate %ld bytes", size);
             return CELIX_ENOMEM;
         }
diff --git a/libs/utils/include/celix_err.h b/libs/utils/include/celix_err.h
index 854b8a51c..95ce0d612 100644
--- a/libs/utils/include/celix_err.h
+++ b/libs/utils/include/celix_err.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ CELIX_UTILS_EXPORT void celix_err_printErrors(FILE* stream, const char* prefix,
 
 /**
  * @brief Dump error messages from the current thread to the provided buffer.
- * @param[in] buf The buffer to dump the error messages to.
+ * @param[in,out] buf The buffer to dump the error messages to.
  * @param[in] size The size of the buffer.
  * @param[in] prefix The prefix to print before each error message. If NULL no prefix is printed.
  * @param[in] postfix The postfix to print after each error message. If NULL, a '\n' postfix is printed.