diff --git a/core/gateway.c b/core/gateway.c
index 3a8316309..897b0b644 100644
--- a/core/gateway.c
+++ b/core/gateway.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ static void signal_set (int sig, void (*handler)(int)) {
 }
 
 int handle_event_errors(DCB *dcb) {
-	MySQLProtocol *protocol = DCB_PROTOCOL(dcb, MySQLProtocol);
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "#### Handle error function for [%i] is [%s]\n", dcb->state, gw_dcb_state2string(dcb->state));
 
@@ -129,7 +128,6 @@ int handle_event_errors(DCB *dcb) {
 }
 
 int handle_event_errors_backend(DCB *dcb) {
-	MySQLProtocol *protocol = DCB_PROTOCOL(dcb, MySQLProtocol);
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "#### Handle Backend error function for %i\n", dcb->fd);
 
@@ -162,6 +160,8 @@ int handle_event_errors_backend(DCB *dcb) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Freeing backend MySQL conn %p, %p\n", dcb->protocol, &dcb->protocol);
 		}
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 // main function
diff --git a/include/gw.h b/include/gw.h
index 263509238..4ef4e78cc 100644
--- a/include/gw.h
+++ b/include/gw.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "mysql_protocol.h"
 #include "dcb.h"
 
+int gw_daemonize(void);
 int do_read_dcb(DCB *dcb);
 int handle_event_errors(DCB *dcb);
 int handle_event_errors_backend(DCB *dcb);