diff --git a/llarp/ev.hpp b/llarp/ev.hpp
index 9caab0050..021385c1b 100644
--- a/llarp/ev.hpp
+++ b/llarp/ev.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace llarp
     {
       llarp_time_t timestamp = 0;
       size_t bufsz;
-      byte_t buf[EV_WRITE_BUF_SZ];
+      byte_t buf[EV_WRITE_BUF_SZ] = {0};
 
       WriteBuffer() = default;
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ namespace llarp
 struct llarp_ev_loop
 {
   byte_t readbuf[EV_READ_BUF_SZ] = {0};
-  llarp_time_t _now              = 0;
+  llarp_time_t _now = 0;
 
   virtual bool
   init() = 0;
diff --git a/llarp/ev_win32.hpp b/llarp/ev_win32.hpp
index fcf9b8a16..8b20f7d75 100644
--- a/llarp/ev_win32.hpp
+++ b/llarp/ev_win32.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace llarp
     if(_shouldClose)
       return -1;
 
-    WSABUF r_buf = {sz, buf};
+    WSABUF r_buf = {sz, (char*)buf};
     DWORD amount = 0;
 
     WSARecv(std::get< SOCKET >(fd), &r_buf, 1, nullptr, 0, &portfd[0], nullptr);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace llarp
   ssize_t
   tcp_conn::do_write(void* buf, size_t sz)
   {
-    WSABUF s_buf = {sz, buf};
+    WSABUF s_buf = {sz, (char*)buf};
     DWORD sent   = 0;
 
     if(_shouldClose)