diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index c7de818..d4944ec 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -1138,10 +1138,10 @@ xs_dict *msg_note(snac *snac, const xs_str *content, const xs_val *rcpts,
     /* create the attachment list, if there are any */
     if (!xs_is_null(attach)) {
         while (xs_list_iter(&attach, &v)) {
-            xs *d      = xs_dict_new();
-            char *url  = xs_list_get(v, 0);
-            char *alt  = xs_list_get(v, 1);
-            char *mime = xs_mime_by_ext(url);
+            xs *d            = xs_dict_new();
+            const char *url  = xs_list_get(v, 0);
+            const char *alt  = xs_list_get(v, 1);
+            const char *mime = xs_mime_by_ext(url);
 
             d = xs_dict_append(d, "mediaType", mime);
             d = xs_dict_append(d, "url",       url);
diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index f7fa520..51c5da2 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ int html_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
 
             if (valid_status(status)) {
                 *b_size = sz;
-                *ctype  = xs_mime_by_ext(id);
+                *ctype  = (char *)xs_mime_by_ext(id);
             }
         }
     }