diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Fill.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Fill.pm
index 143dc905b..5da06753e 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Fill.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Fill.pm
@@ -157,17 +157,13 @@ sub make_fill {
             next SURFACE unless $density > 0;
         }
         
-        my @paths;
-        {
-            my $f = $self->filler($filler);
-            $f->layer_id($layerm->id);
-            @paths = $f->fill_surface(
-                $surface,
-                density         => $density,
-                flow_spacing    => $flow_spacing,
-            );
-        }
-        my $params = shift @paths;
+        my $f = $self->filler($filler);
+        $f->layer_id($layerm->id);
+        my ($params, @paths) = $f->fill_surface(
+            $surface,
+            density         => $density,
+            flow_spacing    => $flow_spacing,
+        );
         
         # ugly hack(tm) to get the right amount of flow (GCode.pm should be fixed)
         $params->{flow_spacing} = $layerm->extruders->{infill}->bridge_flow->width if $is_bridge;
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Layer/Region.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Layer/Region.pm
index 877f64cae..93574e26d 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Layer/Region.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Layer/Region.pm
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ sub _detect_bridge_direction {
         
         # detect anchors as intersection between our bridge expolygon and the lower slices
         my $anchors = intersection_ex(
-            [ @$expolygon ],
+            [ @$grown ],
             [ map @$_, @lower ],
             undef,
             1,  # safety offset required to avoid Clipper from detecting empty intersection while Boost actually found some @edges
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ sub _detect_bridge_direction {
             
             # generate lines in this direction
             my $bounding_box = Slic3r::Geometry::BoundingBox->new_from_points([ map @$_, map @$_, @$anchors ]);
+            
             my @lines = ();
             for (my $x = $bounding_box->x_min; $x <= $bounding_box->x_max; $x += $line_increment) {
                 push @lines, [ [$x, $bounding_box->y_min], [$x, $bounding_box->y_max] ];