diff --git a/usermods/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl.cpp b/usermods/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl.cpp
index 44a2726e..c2254a69 100644
--- a/usermods/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl.cpp
+++ b/usermods/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl/usermod_v2_HttpPullLightControl.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ void HttpPullLightControl::handleResponse(String& responseStr) {
   if (!requestJSONBufferLock(myLockId)) {
     DEBUG_PRINT(F("ERROR: Can not request JSON Buffer Lock, number: "));
       DEBUG_PRINTLN(myLockId);
-      releaseJSONBufferLock(); // Just release in any case, maybe there was already a buffer lock
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/wled00/playlist.cpp b/wled00/playlist.cpp
index 2e51503e..253c980b 100644
--- a/wled00/playlist.cpp
+++ b/wled00/playlist.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ int16_t loadPlaylist(JsonObject playlistObj, byte presetId) {
       it++;
     }
   }
-  for (int i = it; i < playlistLen; i++) playlistEntries[i].dur = playlistEntries[it -1].dur;
+  if (it > 0) // should never happen but just in case
+    for (int i = it; i < playlistLen; i++) playlistEntries[i].dur = playlistEntries[it -1].dur;
 
   it = 0;
   JsonArray tr = playlistObj[F("transition")];
diff --git a/wled00/util.cpp b/wled00/util.cpp
index 1330bb6c..8a29131a 100644
--- a/wled00/util.cpp
+++ b/wled00/util.cpp
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ uint8_t extractModeSlider(uint8_t mode, uint8_t slider, char *dest, uint8_t maxL
           case 0:  strncpy_P(dest, PSTR("FX Speed"), maxLen); break;
           case 1:  strncpy_P(dest, PSTR("FX Intensity"), maxLen); break;
         }
-        dest[maxLen] = '\0'; // strncpy does not necessarily null terminate string
+        dest[maxLen-1] = '\0'; // strncpy does not necessarily null terminate string
       }
     }
     return strlen(dest);