diff --git a/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc b/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc
index a5eabbf873cf9d8d20eeaaa011335e94823b89c5..95c8f130f3259dde617f645e9a2ab02e4ea9b838 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCFlightGearLink.cc
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ fgScenery = "--fg-scenery=/Applications/FlightGear.app/Contents/Resources/data/S
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN32
-processFgfs = "C:\Program Files (x86)\FlightGear\bin\Win32\fgfs";
-fgRoot = "--fg-root=C:\Program Files (x86)\FlightGear\data";
+processFgfs = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\FlightGear\\bin\\Win32\\fgfs";
+fgRoot = "--fg-root=C:\\Program Files (x86)\\FlightGear\\data";
 #endif
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
diff --git a/src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc b/src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc
index fe0d9928d4cf60269d15e19e6fba06c29e8e9a06..2c16bb010a0b2125b23a81226c030a3fe27ff98b 100644
--- a/src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc
+++ b/src/ui/map3D/QGCGoogleEarthView.cc
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ QVariant QGCGoogleEarthView::documentElement(QString name)
             name.prepend("JScript_");
             HRESULT res = doc->getElementById(QStringToBSTR(name), &element);
             //BSTR elemString;
-            if (element) {
+            if (SUCCEEDED(res) && element) {
                 //element->get_innerHTML(&elemString);
                 VARIANT var;
                 var.vt = VT_BSTR;