diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 1b33a20..4f70623 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ SUBDIRS = test
 AM_CXXFLAGS = -I$(srcdir) \
   -I$(srcdir)/Murmur \
   -I$(top_srcdir) \
-  $(libmaxminddb_CFLAGS) \
-  -std=c++0x \
-  -Wall -Wno-parentheses -Wno-switch -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts
+  $(libmaxminddb_CFLAGS)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = packetq
 
diff --git a/src/sql.h b/src/sql.h
index bcd9a80..0c68e5f 100644
--- a/src/sql.h
+++ b/src/sql.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class Allocator {
 
     void add_buffer()
     {
-        m_curr_buffer = new Buffer(*this);
+        m_curr_buffer = new _Buffer(*this);
         m_buffers.push_back(m_curr_buffer);
     }
     T* allocate()
@@ -243,28 +243,30 @@ class Allocator {
     }
     void deallocate(T* item)
     {
-        Buffer** buffptr = (Buffer**)item;
+        _Buffer** buffptr = (_Buffer**)item;
         buffptr[-1]->deallocate(item);
     }
 
 private:
-    class Buffer {
+    class _Buffer {
     private:
-        Buffer& operator=(const Buffer& other);
-        Buffer(Buffer&& other) noexcept;
-        Buffer const& operator=(Buffer&& other);
+        _Buffer& operator=(const _Buffer& other);
+        _Buffer(_Buffer&& other) noexcept;
+        _Buffer const& operator=(_Buffer&& other);
 
     public:
         friend class Allocator;
-        Buffer(Allocator& allocator)
+        _Buffer(Allocator& allocator)
             : m_allocator(allocator)
         {
             m_has_space = true;
             m_used      = 0;
-            m_stride    = (sizeof(Buffer*) + m_allocator.m_size);
-            m_memory    = (char*)calloc(m_stride, m_allocator.m_buffersize);
+            m_stride    = (sizeof(_Buffer*) + m_allocator.m_size);
+            // align size of m_stride to that of a pointer
+            m_stride = ((m_stride / sizeof(void*)) + 1) * sizeof(void*);
+            m_memory = (char*)calloc(m_stride, m_allocator.m_buffersize);
         }
-        ~Buffer()
+        ~_Buffer()
         {
             free(m_memory);
         }
@@ -277,10 +279,10 @@ class Allocator {
                 m_free_list.pop();
             }
             if (!obj && m_used < m_allocator.m_buffersize) {
-                char*    ptr = &m_memory[m_stride * m_used++];
-                Buffer** b   = (Buffer**)ptr;
-                *b           = this;
-                obj          = (T*)(&b[1]);
+                char*     ptr = &m_memory[m_stride * m_used++];
+                _Buffer** b   = (_Buffer**)ptr;
+                *b            = this;
+                obj           = (T*)(&b[1]);
             }
             m_has_space = true;
             if (!obj)
@@ -302,8 +304,8 @@ class Allocator {
         char*          m_memory;
     };
 
-    Buffer*            m_curr_buffer;
-    std::list<Buffer*> m_buffers;
+    _Buffer*            m_curr_buffer;
+    std::list<_Buffer*> m_buffers;
 
     int m_buffersize;
     int m_size;
@@ -452,7 +454,7 @@ class Table {
     std::vector<int>     m_text_column_offsets;
 };
 
-#define ROW_DUMMY_SIZE 4
+#define ROW_DUMMY_SIZE sizeof(void*)
 
 class Row {
 public:
diff --git a/src/tcp.cpp b/src/tcp.cpp
index 09ec9a7..5787e84 100644
--- a/src/tcp.cpp
+++ b/src/tcp.cpp
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ namespace packetq {
 class Stream_id {
 public:
     /// constructor
-    Stream_id()
-        : m_src_port(0)
-        , m_dst_port(0)
-    {
-        memset(&m_src_ip, 0, sizeof(m_src_ip));
-        memset(&m_dst_ip, 0, sizeof(m_dst_ip));
-    }
-    /// constructor taking source and destination adresses
     Stream_id(in6addr_t& src_ip,
         in6addr_t&       dst_ip,
         unsigned short   src_port,
@@ -55,15 +47,7 @@ class Stream_id {
     /// < comparison operator for the std::map
     bool operator<(const Stream_id& rhs) const
     {
-        if (memcmp(&m_src_ip.__in6_u.__u6_addr8, &rhs.m_src_ip.__in6_u.__u6_addr8, sizeof(m_src_ip.__in6_u.__u6_addr8)) < 0)
-            return true;
-        if (memcmp(&m_dst_ip.__in6_u.__u6_addr8, &rhs.m_dst_ip.__in6_u.__u6_addr8, sizeof(m_dst_ip.__in6_u.__u6_addr8)) < 0)
-            return true;
-        if (m_src_port < rhs.m_src_port)
-            return true;
-        if (m_dst_port < rhs.m_dst_port)
-            return true;
-        return false;
+        return memcmp(this, &rhs, sizeof(*this)) < 0;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -128,6 +112,10 @@ class Stream {
         m_nseq    = false;
         m_seq     = 0;
     }
+    ~Stream()
+    {
+        m_segments.clear();
+    }
     /// add a datasegment to the stream
     /** If the segment has the expected sequence number
      *  the segment will be added to the list
@@ -255,7 +243,11 @@ assemble_tcp(
 
     data = 0;
     if (str.has_content()) {
-        int            size     = str.get_size();
+        int size = str.get_size();
+        if (size < 2) {
+            // need at least dnslen
+            return 0;
+        }
         unsigned char* buffer   = str.get_buffer();
         int            dns_size = (int(buffer[0]) << 8) | buffer[1];