diff --git a/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp b/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp
index 21bb6c4c7d..53f3ca942d 100644
--- a/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> UpdateChecker::GetResponse(std::string url, std::stri
         };
 
         client->set_follow_location(true);
-        httplib::Result result;
-        result = client->send(request);
+        httplib::Result result = client->send(request);
 
         if (!result) {
             LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "GET to {}{} returned null", url, path);
diff --git a/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp b/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp
index 3ca6eaf99c..e3cd3f583c 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/yuzu/main_window.cpp
@@ -4030,7 +4030,7 @@ void MainWindow::OnEmulatorUpdateAvailable() {
     update_prompt.addButton(QMessageBox::Yes);
     update_prompt.addButton(QMessageBox::Ignore);
     update_prompt.setText(
-        tr("Download %1?").arg(version.name));
+        tr("Download %1?").arg(QString::fromStdString(version.name)));
     update_prompt.exec();
     if (update_prompt.button(QMessageBox::Yes) == update_prompt.clickedButton()) {
         auto const full_url = fmt::format("{}/{}/releases/tag/",