diff --git a/core/Core.php b/core/Core.php
index a648c3106..8b24cc106 100755
--- a/core/Core.php
+++ b/core/Core.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // ENVIRONMENT CONFIG
 
-if(defined('E_DEPRECATED')) error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED);
+if(defined('E_DEPRECATED')) error_reporting(E_ALL & ~(E_DEPRECATED | E_STRICT));
 else error_reporting(E_ALL);
 /*
  * This is for versions of PHP prior to version 5.2
diff --git a/core/ManifestBuilder.php b/core/ManifestBuilder.php
index fdc936cff..bb9935029 100644
--- a/core/ManifestBuilder.php
+++ b/core/ManifestBuilder.php
@@ -195,9 +195,8 @@ class ManifestBuilder {
 		// locate and include the exclude files
 		$topLevel = scandir($baseDir);
 		foreach($topLevel as $file) {
-			if($file[0] == '.') continue
+			if($file[0] == '.') continue;
 			
-			$fullPath = '';
 			$fullPath = $baseDir . '/' . $file;
 
 			if(@is_dir($fullPath . '/') && file_exists($fullPath . '/_exclude.php')) {