diff --git a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/operatorexpression.cpp b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/operatorexpression.cpp
index f04cdc2b89..78fb1f3383 100644
--- a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/operatorexpression.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/operatorexpression.cpp
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ Value *OperatorExpression::performSlice(Value &leftValue, Value &rightValue) con
         end = -1;
     }
 
-    begin = clamp(0, begin, leftSize - 1);
+    begin = clamp(0, begin, leftSize);
     end = clamp(-1, end, leftSize);
 
     for (dint i = begin; (end >= begin && i < end) || (begin > end && i > end); i += step)
diff --git a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/parser.cpp b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/parser.cpp
index 13d7f8669a..0b0e762091 100644
--- a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/parser.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/scriptsys/parser.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ void Parser::parseTryCatchSequence(Compound &compound)
     }
     CatchStatement *finalCatch = nullptr;
     bool expectEnd = false;
-    while (_statementRange.firstToken().equals(ScriptLex::CATCH))
+    while (!_statementRange.isEmpty() &&
+           _statementRange.firstToken().equals(ScriptLex::CATCH))
     {
         dint colon = _statementRange.find(Token::COLON);
         expectEnd = (colon < 0);
diff --git a/doomsday/tests/test_script/kitchen_sink.ds b/doomsday/tests/test_script/kitchen_sink.ds
index 4532b7329b..8ce5d1f3f7 100644
--- a/doomsday/tests/test_script/kitchen_sink.ds
+++ b/doomsday/tests/test_script/kitchen_sink.ds
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ sections.begin('BASIC EXPRESSIONS')
 sections.subsection('Basic types (number, text, array, dictionary, time).')
 print 5, 5.5, -3.141592657
 print 0x100, 0X123
-print 'Using underscores for readability:', 0x0012_3456
+print 'Using underscores for readability: %x' % 0x0012_3456
 print "Hello", 'World'
 print """I can span
 newlines."""
 print [1, 2, 3]
 print [1, [2, 3], 4]
+print {'a': 10, 'b': Pi}
 print {'a': 'b', 1: ['b', {5:6, 6:7}], ['array', 'as', 'key']: 'oh my'}
 print 'The time is now:', Time()
 
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ print 'a =', a
 path = '/some/path/'
 print 'path =', path
 print 'path =', path /= 'filename.ext'
+print 'path =', path
 
 sections.subsection('Operators: []')
 transports = ['planes', 'trains', 'automobiles', 'bicycles']