diff --git a/plugins/DebuggerCore/unix/Unix.cpp b/plugins/DebuggerCore/unix/Unix.cpp
index 5c5498f3a..708660c86 100644
--- a/plugins/DebuggerCore/unix/Unix.cpp
+++ b/plugins/DebuggerCore/unix/Unix.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Status Unix::execute_process(const QString &path, const QString &cwd, const QLis
 
 		p = argv_pointers;
 		while (*p) {
-			delete[] * p++;
+			delete[] *p++;
 		}
 		delete[] argv_pointers;
 	}
diff --git a/src/widgets/SyntaxHighlighter.cpp b/src/widgets/SyntaxHighlighter.cpp
index ac3491410..b25ec78af 100644
--- a/src/widgets/SyntaxHighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/SyntaxHighlighter.cpp
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ void SyntaxHighlighter::createRules() {
 
 	// expression brackets
 	rules_.emplace_back(
-		"(?:[\\(?:\\)\\[\\]])",
+		R"((?:[\(?:\)\[\]]))",
 		theme.text[Theme::Brackets]);
 
 	// math operators
 	rules_.emplace_back(
-		"\\b(?:[\\+\\-\\*])\\b",
+		R"(\b(?:[\+\-\*])\b)",
 		theme.text[Theme::Operator]);
 
 	// registers