diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1074de71b886bd145d0dfb4a1274b9db29188f8d..71ff18eb921492704a10719070618a85b697eae4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ codec-smoke-test:
     - *print-common-info
     - bash ci/smoke_test.sh
     ### analyze for failures
-    - cat out/logs/stv1MASA2TC48c_MASA_2TC_1DIR_b96_fb_cbr.enc.txt
     - if cat smoke_test_output.txt | grep -c "failed"; then echo "Smoke test without PLC failed"; exit 1; fi
     - if cat smoke_test_output_plc.txt | grep -c "failed"; then echo "Smoke test with PLC failed"; exit 1; fi
     - if cat smoke_test_output_jbm_noEXT.txt | grep -c "failed"; then echo "Smoke test JBM part failed"; exit 1; fi
diff --git a/lib_enc/lsf_msvq_ma_enc.c b/lib_enc/lsf_msvq_ma_enc.c
index 190f4e2a74d04ac8981cd0fdbb44306adb08801d..4735b0a6515b2e0af1a428bba014f8a37fb221fc 100644
--- a/lib_enc/lsf_msvq_ma_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/lsf_msvq_ma_enc.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void msvq_enc(
     int16_t check_ind[FDCNG_VQ_DCT_NPOST];
     int16_t segm, j_full, maxC_pre;
     float *st1_syn_vec_ptr; /* 8* 24 floats in dynRAM */
-    float *st1_mse_ptr;     /* 2^¨7 == 128 floats in existing dRAM used for stage 1 candidate analysis,  128  Word32 in BASOP  */
+    float *st1_mse_ptr;     /* 2^7 == 128 floats in existing dRAM used for stage 1 candidate analysis,  128  Word32 in BASOP  */
     float res24, high_diff[FDCNG_VQ_MAX_LEN - FDCNG_VQ_MAX_LEN_WB];
 
     maxC_pre = ( FDCNG_VQ_DCT_NSEGM * 2 );
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_mem_dryrun.py b/scripts/prepare_mem_dryrun.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 21f5b8114592067bdb0b9d04d00fa9bb20c22227..b83018e4682e19decb9cd59991b5a9f7aa0c9eb6
--- a/scripts/prepare_mem_dryrun.py
+++ b/scripts/prepare_mem_dryrun.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import re, os, fnmatch