diff --git a/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/main.cpp b/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/main.cpp
index 5faace5c1..35fcf839f 100644
--- a/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/main.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         return 1;
     }
     QByteArray skeyData = skeyFile.readAll();
-    skeyData = QByteArray::fromHex(skeyData);
     skeyFile.close();
 
     QString target(argv[1]);
diff --git a/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/serialize.cpp b/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/serialize.cpp
index e3511cafa..a00e3dcac 100644
--- a/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/serialize.cpp
+++ b/tools/update-server/qtox-updater-genflist/serialize.cpp
@@ -157,18 +157,18 @@ QByteArray rangedSingleToData(float value, float min, float max, int numberOfBit
     numberOfBits -= 8;
     if (numberOfBits <= 8)
     {
-        data += (unsigned char)source>>8;
+        data += (unsigned char)(source>>8);
         return data;
     }
-    data += (unsigned char)source>>8;
+    data += (unsigned char)(source>>8);
     numberOfBits -= 8;
     if (numberOfBits <= 8)
     {
-        data += (unsigned char)source>>16;
+        data += (unsigned char)(source>>16);
         return data;
     }
-    data += (unsigned char)source>>16;
-    data += (unsigned char)source>>24;
+    data += (unsigned char)(source>>16);
+    data += (unsigned char)(source>>24);
 
     return data;
 }