diff --git a/src/frontend/aspice.c b/src/frontend/aspice.c
index f00e7048b..0a3bd777e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/aspice.c
+++ b/src/frontend/aspice.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ ft_checkkids(void)
     struct proc *p = NULL, *lp = NULL;
     char buf[BSIZE_SP];
     FILE *fp;
-    int pid;
+    int pid = 0;
     static bool here = FALSE;   /* Don't want to be re-entrant. */
 
     if (!numchanged || here)
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ ft_checkkids(void)
     here = TRUE;
 
     while (numchanged > 0) {
-        pid = wait((&status);
+        pid = wait(&status);
         if (pid == -1) {
-            fprintf(cp_err, 
-"ft_checkkids: Internal Error: should be %d jobs done but there aren't any.\n",
+            fprintf(cp_err,  
+               "ft_checkkids: Internal Error: should be %d jobs done but there aren't any.\n", 
                 numchanged);
             numchanged = 0;
             running = NULL;
diff --git a/src/frontend/postcoms.c b/src/frontend/postcoms.c
index b79ecc496..d72bc653c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/postcoms.c
+++ b/src/frontend/postcoms.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ char *copypath;
 void
 com_print(wordlist *wl)
 {
-    struct dvec *v, *lv, *bv, *nv, *vecs = NULL;
+    struct dvec *v, *lv = NULL, *bv, *nv, *vecs = NULL;
     int i, j, ll, width = DEF_WIDTH, height = DEF_HEIGHT, npoints, lineno;
     struct pnode *nn;
     struct plot *p;
diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inp2dot.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inp2dot.c
index dfab5c2e7..ef7616664 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inp2dot.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inp2dot.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Modified: 2000 AlansFixes
 #include "inpmacs.h"
 #include "fteext.h"
 #include "inp.h"
+#include "cpdefs.h"
 
 
 static int
@@ -617,6 +618,17 @@ dot_sens2(char *line, void *ckt, INPtables *tab, card *current,
 }
 #endif
 
+static int
+dot_options(char *line, void *ckt, INPtables *tab, card *current,
+	  void *task, void *gnode, void *foo)
+{
+	/* .option - specify program options - rather complicated */
+	/* use a subroutine to handle all of them to keep this    */
+	/* subroutine managable.                                  */
+    	
+    	INPdoOpts(ckt,task,current,tab);	
+    	return (0);
+}
 
 
 int
@@ -691,6 +703,11 @@ INP2dot(void *ckt, INPtables *tab, card *current, void *task, void *gnode)
 	/* Maybe generate a "probe" format file in the future. */
 	return 0;
     }
+    else if ((strcmp(token, ".options") == 0)||
+            (strcmp(token,".option")==0) ||
+            (strcmp(token,".opt")==0)) {
+     return dot_options(line, ckt, tab, current, task, gnode, foo);
+    }
     LITERR(" unimplemented control card - error \n");
     return (0);
 }
diff --git a/src/spicelib/parser/inpdoopt.c b/src/spicelib/parser/inpdoopt.c
index bbc135627..ac0becc7e 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/parser/inpdoopt.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/parser/inpdoopt.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ INPdoOpts(ckt,anal,optCard,tab)
                     if(error) {
                         errmsg =(char *)MALLOC((35+strlen(token))*sizeof(char));
                         (void) sprintf(errmsg,
-                                "Warning:  can't set optione %s\n", token);
+                                "Warning:  can't set option %s\n", token);
                         optCard->error = INPerrCat(optCard->error, errmsg);
                     }
                     break;