diff --git a/.kdev4/xmss_ref.kdev4 b/.kdev4/xmss_ref.kdev4
deleted file mode 100644
index 652ca68..0000000
--- a/.kdev4/xmss_ref.kdev4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[Buildset]
-BuildItems=@Variant(\x00\x00\x00\t\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x0b\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x10\x00x\x00m\x00s\x00s\x00_\x00r\x00e\x00f)
-
-[Defines And Includes][Compiler]
-Name=GCC
-Path=gcc
-Type=GCC
-
-[Project]
-VersionControlSupport=kdevgit
diff --git a/wots.c b/wots.c
index b83ee10..772dd38 100644
--- a/wots.c
+++ b/wots.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void base_w(int *output, const int out_len, const unsigned char *input)
 {
   int in = 0;
   int out = 0;
-  uint32_t total = 0;
+  uint8_t total = 0;
   int bits = 0;
   int consumed = 0;
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void wots_sign(unsigned char *sig, const unsigned char *msg, const unsigned char
   unsigned char csum_bytes[len_2_bytes];
   to_byte(csum_bytes, csum, len_2_bytes);
 
-  int csum_basew[len_2_bytes / XMSS_WOTS_LOG_W];
+  int csum_basew[XMSS_WOTS_LEN2];
   base_w(csum_basew, XMSS_WOTS_LEN2, csum_bytes);
 
   for (i = 0; i < XMSS_WOTS_LEN2; i++) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void wots_pkFromSig(unsigned char *pk, const unsigned char *sig, const unsigned
   unsigned char csum_bytes[len_2_bytes];
   to_byte(csum_bytes, csum, len_2_bytes);
 
-  int csum_basew[len_2_bytes / XMSS_WOTS_LOG_W];
+  int csum_basew[XMSS_WOTS_LEN2];
   base_w(csum_basew, XMSS_WOTS_LEN2, csum_bytes);
 
   for (i = 0; i < XMSS_WOTS_LEN2; i++) {
diff --git a/xmss_ref.kdev4 b/xmss_ref.kdev4
deleted file mode 100644
index d68f341..0000000
--- a/xmss_ref.kdev4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[Project]
-Name=xmss_ref
-Manager=KDevCustomMakeManager
-VersionControl=kdevgit