diff --git a/src/Net.cc b/src/Net.cc
index 83fcde1df4..bca640b5d2 100644
--- a/src/Net.cc
+++ b/src/Net.cc
@@ -312,9 +312,7 @@ void net_packet_dispatch(double t, const struct pcap_pkthdr* hdr,
 	if ( ! bro_start_network_time )
 		bro_start_network_time = t;
 
-	TimerMgr* tmgr =
-		src_ps ? sessions->LookupTimerMgr(src_ps->GetCurrentTag())
-			: timer_mgr;
+	TimerMgr* tmgr = sessions->LookupTimerMgr(src_ps->GetCurrentTag());
 
 	// network_time never goes back.
 	network_time = tmgr->Time() < t ? t : tmgr->Time();
diff --git a/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc b/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc
index a04b30cbae..b926a6c55b 100644
--- a/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc
+++ b/src/logging/writers/Ascii.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ Ascii::Ascii(WriterFrontend* frontend) : WriterBackend(frontend)
 	{
 	fd = 0;
 	ascii_done = false;
+	output_to_stdout = false;
+	include_meta = false;
 	tsv = false;
+	use_json = false;
 	formatter = 0;
 	}