diff --git a/include/fc/crypto/sha224.hpp b/include/fc/crypto/sha224.hpp
index 66db6ea..a621208 100644
--- a/include/fc/crypto/sha224.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/crypto/sha224.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class sha224
     friend bool   operator >= ( const sha224& h1, const sha224& h2 );
     friend bool   operator >  ( const sha224& h1, const sha224& h2 ); 
     friend bool   operator <  ( const sha224& h1, const sha224& h2 ); 
-    friend std::size_t hash_value( const sha224& v ) { return ((std::size_t*)v._hash)[1]; }
+    friend std::size_t hash_value( const sha224& v ) { return uint64_t(v._hash[1])<<32 | v._hash[2]; }
                              
     uint32_t _hash[7]; 
 };
diff --git a/include/fc/static_variant.hpp b/include/fc/static_variant.hpp
index a977e58..9aab790 100644
--- a/include/fc/static_variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/static_variant.hpp
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ public:
             "Type not in static_variant."
         );
         if(_tag == impl::position<X, Types...>::pos) {
-            return *reinterpret_cast<X*>(storage);
+            void* tmp(storage);
+            return *reinterpret_cast<X*>(tmp);
         } else {
             FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( fc::assert_exception, "static_variant does not contain a value of type ${t}", ("t",fc::get_typename<X>::name()) );
            //     std::string("static_variant does not contain value of type ") + typeid(X).name()
@@ -298,7 +299,8 @@ public:
             "Type not in static_variant."
         );
         if(_tag == impl::position<X, Types...>::pos) {
-            return *reinterpret_cast<const X*>(storage);
+            const void* tmp(storage);
+            return *reinterpret_cast<const X*>(tmp);
         } else {
             FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( fc::assert_exception, "static_variant does not contain a value of type ${t}", ("t",fc::get_typename<X>::name()) );
         }