diff --git a/lib/nodes/stats.c b/lib/nodes/stats.c
index 8e543d325..51224d647 100644
--- a/lib/nodes/stats.c
+++ b/lib/nodes/stats.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int stats_node_parse(struct node *n, json_t *cfg)
 
 		ret = stats_node_signal_parse(stats_sig, json_signal);
 		if (ret)
-			error("Failed to parse signal definition of node %s", node_name(n));
+			error("Failed to parse statistics signal definition of node %s", node_name(n));
 
 		if (!sig->name) {
 			const char *metric = stats_metrics[stats_sig->metric].name;
diff --git a/lib/nodes/zeromq.c b/lib/nodes/zeromq.c
index dcb851f0c..2298d9249 100644
--- a/lib/nodes/zeromq.c
+++ b/lib/nodes/zeromq.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ int zeromq_parse(struct node *n, json_t *cfg)
 		switch (json_typeof(json_pub)) {
 			case JSON_ARRAY:
 				json_array_foreach(json_pub, i, json_val) {
-					ep = json_string_value(json_pub);
+					ep = json_string_value(json_val);
 					if (!ep)
 						error("All 'publish' settings must be strings");