diff --git a/src/bele.h b/src/bele.h
index 05199fce..f4a9b922 100644
--- a/src/bele.h
+++ b/src/bele.h
@@ -587,13 +587,13 @@ int __acc_cdecl_qsort le64_compare_signed(const void *, const void *);
 
 // forward declarations
 namespace N_BELE_CTP {
-class BEPolicy; class LEPolicy;
+struct BEPolicy; struct LEPolicy;
 extern const BEPolicy be_policy;
 extern const LEPolicy le_policy;
 }
 namespace N_BELE_RTP {
-class AbstractPolicy;
-class BEPolicy; class LEPolicy;
+struct AbstractPolicy;
+struct BEPolicy; struct LEPolicy;
 extern const BEPolicy be_policy;
 extern const LEPolicy le_policy;
 }
diff --git a/src/work.cpp b/src/work.cpp
index 4ff1fb7d..005e68c9 100644
--- a/src/work.cpp
+++ b/src/work.cpp
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ void do_files(int i, int argc, char *argv[])
         } catch (std::bad_alloc *e) {
             unlink_ofile(oname);
             printErr(iname,"out of memory");
+            UNUSED(e);
             //delete e;
             e_exit(EXIT_ERROR);
         } catch (const std::bad_alloc &) {