diff --git a/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/detail/vst.h b/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/detail/vst.h
index 3f29e34a80..6ed5c74e9e 100644
--- a/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/detail/vst.h
+++ b/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/detail/vst.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ RequestHeader requestHeaderFromSlice(velocypack::Slice const& header);
 /// creates a RequestHeader from a given slice
 ResponseHeader responseHeaderFromSlice(velocypack::Slice const& header);
 
-// Validates if payload consitsts of valid velocypack slices
+// Validates if payload consists of valid velocypack slices
 std::size_t validateAndCount(uint8_t const* vpHeaderStart, std::size_t len);
 
 }  // namespace parser
diff --git a/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/message.h b/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/message.h
index 320945e6d0..a3d2c04ec9 100644
--- a/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/message.h
+++ b/3rdParty/fuerte/include/fuerte/message.h
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ struct MessageHeader {
  protected:
   StringMap _meta;  /// Header meta data (equivalent to HTTP headers)
   short _version;
-  ContentType _contentType;
-  ContentType _acceptType;
+  ContentType _contentType = ContentType::Unset;
+  ContentType _acceptType = ContentType::Unset;
 };
 
 struct RequestHeader final : public MessageHeader {
diff --git a/3rdParty/fuerte/src/vst.cpp b/3rdParty/fuerte/src/vst.cpp
index 57dd1e064a..70ae2e3e02 100644
--- a/3rdParty/fuerte/src/vst.cpp
+++ b/3rdParty/fuerte/src/vst.cpp
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ void message::requestHeader(RequestHeader const& header,
 /// @brief creates a slice containing a VST response-message header.
 void message::responseHeader(ResponseHeader const& header,
                              VPackBuffer<uint8_t>& buffer) {
-  static std::string const message = " for message not set";
-
   VPackBuilder builder(buffer);
   assert(builder.isClosed());
   builder.openArray();
@@ -505,7 +503,6 @@ ResponseHeader responseHeaderFromSlice(VPackSlice const& headerSlice) {
   assert(headerSlice.at(1).getNumber<int>() ==
          static_cast<int>(MessageType::Response));
   header.responseCode = headerSlice.at(2).getNumber<StatusCode>();
-  // header.contentType(ContentType::VPack); // empty meta
   if (headerSlice.length() >= 4) {
     VPackSlice meta = headerSlice.at(3);
     assert(meta.isObject());
@@ -521,9 +518,9 @@ ResponseHeader responseHeaderFromSlice(VPackSlice const& headerSlice) {
     header.contentType(ContentType::VPack);
   }
   return header;
-};
+}
 
-// Validates if payload consitsts of valid velocypack slices
+// Validates if payload consists of valid velocypack slices
 std::size_t validateAndCount(uint8_t const* const vpStart, std::size_t length) {
   // start points to the begin of a velocypack
   uint8_t const* cursor = vpStart;