diff --git a/platform-independent/c/cli/src/bcrypt.c b/platform-independent/c/cli/src/bcrypt.c
index f0baf238..576bd510 100644
--- a/platform-independent/c/cli/src/bcrypt.c
+++ b/platform-independent/c/cli/src/bcrypt.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ bcrypt_initsalt(int log_rounds, uint8_t *salt, size_t saltbuflen) {
 
     // Switching to PRNG rand() for portability.  Do not use in production code.
     //arc4random_buf( csalt, sizeof( csalt ) );
-    srand( time() );
+    srand( time( NULL ) );
     for (int s = 0; s < sizeof( csalt ); ++s)
         csalt[s] = (uint8_t)rand();
 
diff --git a/platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli-util.c b/platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli-util.c
index 13308533..92b726b2 100644
--- a/platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli-util.c
+++ b/platform-independent/c/cli/src/mpw-cli-util.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const char *mpw_askpass(const char *prompt) {
 
     pid_t pid = fork();
     if (pid == ERR) {
-        wrn( "Couldn't fork for askpass: %s", askpass, strerror( errno ) );
+        wrn( "Couldn't fork for askpass:\n  %s: %s", askpass, strerror( errno ) );
         return NULL;
     }