diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadISISNexus2.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadISISNexus2.h
index 7085b7c87be3..45302949b8c6 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadISISNexus2.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadISISNexus2.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace Mantid
       /// Load in details about the sample
       void loadSampleData(DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr, Mantid::NeXus::NXEntry & entry);
       /// Load log data from the nexus file
-      void loadLogs(DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr, int period = 1);
+      void loadLogs(DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr);
       // Load a given period into the workspace
       void loadPeriodData(int64_t period, Mantid::NeXus::NXEntry & entry, DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr local_workspace);
       // Load a data block
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadISISNexus2.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadISISNexus2.cpp
index f560308fcf68..8e7b18012cbf 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadISISNexus2.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadISISNexus2.cpp
@@ -737,9 +737,8 @@ namespace Mantid
     *   /raw_data_1/runlog group of the file. Call to this method must be done
     *   within /raw_data_1 group.
     *   @param ws :: The workspace to load the logs to.
-    *   @param period :: The period of this workspace
     */
-    void LoadISISNexus2::loadLogs(DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr ws, int period)
+    void LoadISISNexus2::loadLogs(DataObjects::Workspace2D_sptr ws)
     {
       IAlgorithm_sptr alg = createSubAlgorithm("LoadNexusLogs", 0.0, 0.5);
       alg->setPropertyValue("Filename", this->getProperty("Filename"));
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadISISNexusTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadISISNexusTest.h
index 8f0401f71443..66083e5f5fc0 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadISISNexusTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadISISNexusTest.h
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ class LoadISISNexusTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
   // Helper method to check that the log data contains a specific period number entry.
   void checkPeriodLogData(MatrixWorkspace_sptr workspace, int expectedPeriodNumber)
   {
-    Property* p; 
+    Property* p = NULL; 
     TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(p = fetchPeriod(workspace, expectedPeriodNumber));
+    TS_ASSERT(p != NULL)
     TSM_ASSERT_THROWS("Shouldn't have a period less than the expected entry", fetchPeriod(workspace, expectedPeriodNumber-1), Mantid::Kernel::Exception::NotFoundError);
     TSM_ASSERT_THROWS("Shouldn't have a period greater than the expected entry", fetchPeriod(workspace, expectedPeriodNumber+1), Mantid::Kernel::Exception::NotFoundError);
     Mantid::Kernel::TimeSeriesProperty<bool>* period_property = dynamic_cast<Mantid::Kernel::TimeSeriesProperty<bool>*>(p);
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/WeightedMeanMD.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/WeightedMeanMD.cpp
index 1e3ff7a67fe3..3cb96e97a047 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/WeightedMeanMD.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/src/WeightedMeanMD.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace MDAlgorithms
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /// Run the algorithm with a MDHisotWorkspace as output, scalar and operand
-  void WeightedMeanMD::execHistoScalar(Mantid::MDEvents::MDHistoWorkspace_sptr out, Mantid::DataObjects::WorkspaceSingleValue_const_sptr)
+  void WeightedMeanMD::execHistoScalar(Mantid::MDEvents::MDHistoWorkspace_sptr, Mantid::DataObjects::WorkspaceSingleValue_const_sptr)
   {
     throw std::runtime_error(this->name() + " can only be run with two MDHistoWorkspaces as inputs");
   }
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/test/WeightedMeanMDTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/test/WeightedMeanMDTest.h
index f4613957c866..44d77d9db22b 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/test/WeightedMeanMDTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDAlgorithms/test/WeightedMeanMDTest.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class WeightedMeanMDTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
     double theta_shift=0.4;
     for(size_t i = 0; i < 40; ++i)
     {
-      double theta = 0.02 * i * pi;
+      double theta = 0.02 * double(i) * pi;
       s1.push_back(std::sin(theta));
       e1.push_back(std::sin(theta));
       s2.push_back(std::sin(theta+theta_shift));
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/test/QueryMDWorkspaceTest.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/test/QueryMDWorkspaceTest.h
index 3a89e63963bf..9f5766663a0c 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/test/QueryMDWorkspaceTest.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/MDEvents/test/QueryMDWorkspaceTest.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class QueryMDWorkspaceTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
     query.setRethrows(true);
     query.setProperty("InputWorkspace", in_ws);
     query.setProperty("OutputWorkspace", "QueryWS");
-    query.setProperty("Normalisation", "none");
+    query.setProperty("Normalisation", strNormalisation);
     TSM_ASSERT_EQUALS("Invalid property setup", true, query.validateProperties());
   }
 
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ class QueryMDWorkspaceTest : public CxxTest::TestSuite
       const size_t nEvents = it->getNumEvents();
 
       //Compare each signal and error result.
-      TS_ASSERT_DELTA(signalNotNormalised, signalNormalisedByNumEvents*nEvents, 0.0001);
-      TS_ASSERT_DELTA(errorNotNormalised, errorNormalisedByNumEvents*nEvents, 0.0001);
+      TS_ASSERT_DELTA(signalNotNormalised, signalNormalisedByNumEvents*double(nEvents), 0.0001);
+      TS_ASSERT_DELTA(errorNotNormalised, errorNormalisedByNumEvents*double(nEvents), 0.0001);
     }
     
     ADS.remove("QueryWS_A");