diff --git a/src/Dialog_About.cpp b/src/Dialog_About.cpp
index 7c9ceb6b..bf4b2c14 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_About.cpp
+++ b/src/Dialog_About.cpp
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ void AboutDialog::initSoftwareTab(void)
 	moreAboutText += makeToolText
 	(
 		tr("UPX - The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables"),
-		QString(), "v3.08",
+		QString(), "v3.09",
 		tr("Released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License."),
 		"http://upx.sourceforge.net/"
 	);
diff --git a/src/Dialog_SplashScreen.cpp b/src/Dialog_SplashScreen.cpp
index 2bd151ca..07345b45 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_SplashScreen.cpp
+++ b/src/Dialog_SplashScreen.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void SplashScreen::showSplash(QThread *thread)
 	{
 		opacity = (i < opacitySteps) ? (OPACITY_DELTA * static_cast<double>(i)) : 1.0;
 		splashScreen->setWindowOpacity(opacity);
+		splashScreen->update();
 		QApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents, FADE_DELAY);
 		SET_TASKBAR_STATE(true);
 		Sleep(FADE_DELAY);
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ void SplashScreen::showSplash(QThread *thread)
 	{
 		opacity = OPACITY_DELTA * static_cast<double>(i);
 		splashScreen->setWindowOpacity(opacity);
+		splashScreen->update();
 		QApplication::processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents, FADE_DELAY);
 		Sleep(FADE_DELAY);
 	}
diff --git a/src/Global.cpp b/src/Global.cpp
index 07949864..dd8cb16c 100644
--- a/src/Global.cpp
+++ b/src/Global.cpp
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ void lamexp_init_console(const QStringList &argv)
 			//-------------------------------------------------------------------
 			const int flags = _O_WRONLY | _O_U8TEXT;
 			int hCrtStdOut = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t) GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), flags);
-			int hCrtStdErr = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t) GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE), flags);
+			int hCrtStdErr = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t) GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE),  flags);
 			FILE *hfStdOut = (hCrtStdOut >= 0) ? _fdopen(hCrtStdOut, "wb") : NULL;
 			FILE *hfStdErr = (hCrtStdErr >= 0) ? _fdopen(hCrtStdErr, "wb") : NULL;
 			if(hfStdOut) { *stdout = *hfStdOut; std::cout.rdbuf(new std::filebuf(hfStdOut)); }