diff --git a/src/kernel/include/ttest.h b/src/kernel/include/ttest.h
index 1af7e17..cb856c3 100644
--- a/src/kernel/include/ttest.h
+++ b/src/kernel/include/ttest.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     close(tt_fd[1]);
     int failed = 0;
     int bytes = 0;
-    if(bytes = read(tt_fd[0], buffer, TT_BUFFER_SIZE))
+    if((bytes = read(tt_fd[0], buffer, TT_BUFFER_SIZE)))
     {
       failed = 1;
       errors[failures] = buffer;
diff --git a/ttest b/ttest
index 19798ee..5f8aa18 100755
--- a/ttest
+++ b/ttest
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ main()
       local tests=`sed -n -e 's/^\s*TEST(\([^,]*,\).*$/ttt_\1/p' $suite`
       echo "tt_test tt_tests[] = {${tests}0};" >> $suite.c
 
-      test_exec=`mktemp`
+      test_exec=`mktemp /tmp/tmp.XXXXXX`
       compiler_output=`cc $suite.c -o $test_exec -ggdb -I $dir/include -DTTEST 2>&1`
       compiler_status=$?