diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db8647bf..1444b061 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ If you are building on the command line, you will also need either:
 
 1.  Set the location of the Android SDK:
 
-        $ export ANDROID_HOME=<path-to-sdk>
 2.  Build the project:
 
         $ ./autogen.sh
diff --git a/phsource/ph_english b/phsource/ph_english
index 427e5da3..46b1996e 100644
--- a/phsource/ph_english
+++ b/phsource/ph_english
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ endphoneme
 
 phoneme i   //  optional variant of [I] for end of words
   vowel  starttype #i  endtype #i
-  ipa ɪ
+  ipa i
   length 140
   IfNextVowelAppend(;)
   FMT(vowel/ii_7)
diff --git a/src/dictionary.cpp b/src/dictionary.cpp
index 02480dc8..02d12eb7 100644
--- a/src/dictionary.cpp
+++ b/src/dictionary.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /***************************************************************************
  *   Copyright (C) 2005 to 2013 by Jonathan Duddington                     *
  *   email: jonsd@users.sourceforge.net                                    *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2013 Reece H. Dunn                                      *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
@@ -773,6 +774,10 @@ const char *GetTranslatedPhonemeString(int phoneme_mode)
 		strcpy(&phon_out_buf[phon_out_ix], phon_buf);
 		phon_out_ix += len;
 	}
+
+	if (!phon_out_buf)
+		return("");
+
 	phon_out_buf[phon_out_ix] = 0;
 
 	return(phon_out_buf);
diff --git a/src/wave.cpp b/src/wave.cpp
index b3e6593a..487df13b 100644
--- a/src/wave.cpp
+++ b/src/wave.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
-#include "portaudio.h"
 #ifndef PLATFORM_WINDOWS
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 enum {ONE_BILLION=1000000000};
 
 #ifdef USE_PORTAUDIO
+#include "portaudio.h"
 
 #undef USE_PORTAUDIO
 // determine portaudio version by looking for a #define which is not in V18