diff --git a/src/components/config.cpp b/src/components/config.cpp
index b2d34aaa..83158954 100644
--- a/src/components/config.cpp
+++ b/src/components/config.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ void config::parse_file() {
   while (std::getline(in, line)) {
     lineno++;
 
+    line = string_util::replace_all(line, "\t", "");
+
     // Ignore empty lines and comments
     if (line.empty() || line[0] == ';' || line[0] == '#') {
       continue;
diff --git a/src/x11/fonts.cpp b/src/x11/fonts.cpp
index 57018534..b079d856 100644
--- a/src/x11/fonts.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/fonts.cpp
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ bool font_manager::open_xcb_font(fonttype_pointer& fontptr, string fontname) {
 
 bool font_manager::has_glyph(fonttype_pointer& font, uint16_t chr) {
   if (font->xft != nullptr) {
-    return static_cast<bool>(XftCharExists(m_display.get(), font->xft, (FcChar32)chr));
+    return static_cast<bool>(XftCharExists(m_display.get(), font->xft, static_cast<FcChar32>(chr)));
   } else {
     if (chr < font->char_min || chr > font->char_max) {
       return false;