diff --git a/paranoia_parallel/examples/cider/.spiceinit b/paranoia_parallel/examples/cider/.spiceinit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b670921b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/paranoia_parallel/examples/cider/.spiceinit
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set ngbehavior=mcpsa
+set strict_errorhandling
diff --git a/src/frontend/sndprint.c b/src/frontend/sndprint.c
index 7c0d29a12..7919fef17 100644
--- a/src/frontend/sndprint.c
+++ b/src/frontend/sndprint.c
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBSNDFILE) && defined(HAVE_LIBSAMPLERATE)
 #include <sndfile.h>
 
+#ifndef XCALLOC
+#define XCALLOC(ptr, type, number)                                      \
+    do {                                                                \
+        if ((number) && (ptr = (type *)calloc((size_t)(number), sizeof(type))) == NULL) { \
+            fprintf(stderr, "Out of Memory\n");                         \
+            controlled_exit(1);                                         \
+        }                                                               \
+    } while(0)
+#endif
+
 static int o_samplerate = 48000;
 static int o_sndfmt = (SF_FORMAT_WAV | SF_FORMAT_PCM_24);
 static float o_mult = 1.0;