diff --git a/tracy/tools/soltracy.cc b/tracy/tools/soltracy.cc
index 8160f744ed401f0bdba322d043ad5c93702f5ba6..6bfc9e176644f6543f8d72e59e61e236f5858872 100644
--- a/tracy/tools/soltracy.cc
+++ b/tracy/tools/soltracy.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   /* parameters to read the user input script .prm */
   long i=0L; //initialize the for loop to read command string
-  long j=0L; //initialize the for loop to read the files from parallel computing
+  //long j=0L; //initialize the for loop to read the files from parallel computing
   char CommandStr[max_str];
   double nux = 0.0, nuy = 0.0, ksix = 0.0, ksiy = 0.0;
   bool chroma=true;
diff --git a/tracy/tracy/src/field.cc b/tracy/tracy/src/field.cc
index f53bd15873a8aa94b2932a9f668d1e3e05117f6a..ede54b3b3c89d7d631ab9b7ceb71f73d7be20e35 100644
--- a/tracy/tracy/src/field.cc
+++ b/tracy/tracy/src/field.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ ss_vect<double> operator*(const double a, const ss_vect<double> &b)
 { return ss_vect<double>(b) *= a; }
 
 
+// initialize T to zero vector
 template<typename T>
 ss_vect<T> ss_vect<T>::zero(void)
 {
diff --git a/tracy/tracy/src/mathlib.cc b/tracy/tracy/src/mathlib.cc
index 77fd662f5bfc666327de2bdcda8b537b2dfd5885..a103becde1a421dfd21c1a729210f13474f3304a 100644
--- a/tracy/tracy/src/mathlib.cc
+++ b/tracy/tracy/src/mathlib.cc
@@ -137,10 +137,8 @@ double ranf(void)
 ****************************************************************************/
 void setrancut(const double cut)
 {
-
   printf("\n");
   printf("setrancut: cut set to %3.1f\n", cut);
-
   normcut_ = cut;
 }