diff --git a/daemon/src/audio/audiorecord.cpp b/daemon/src/audio/audiorecord.cpp
index b68d65aa427294ec1e387b6f723c4c065caeaa33..5bb4aa57626589e9a0c2e9543fd6c0c484b2a97b 100644
--- a/daemon/src/audio/audiorecord.cpp
+++ b/daemon/src/audio/audiorecord.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ void AudioRecord::setSndSamplingRate(int smplRate)
 
 void AudioRecord::setRecordingOption(FILE_TYPE type, int sndSmplRate, const std::string &path)
 {
-    std::stringstream s;
     std::string filePath;
 
     // use HOME directory if path is empty, or if path does not exist
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ void AudioRecord::setRecordingOption(FILE_TYPE type, int sndSmplRate, const std:
     fileType_ = type;
     channels_ = 1;
     sndSmplRate_ = sndSmplRate;
-    savePath_ = (*filePath.rbegin() == '/') ? filePath : filePath + "/";
+    savePath_ = (*filePath.rbegin() == DIR_SEPARATOR_CH) ? filePath : filePath + DIR_SEPARATOR_STR;
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/daemon/src/fileutils.h b/daemon/src/fileutils.h
index 272404df8e1091c19caaf3fe543c41a9a8185598..6f5bda13fbb652862b62ca12bd2993a1d98f3361 100644
--- a/daemon/src/fileutils.h
+++ b/daemon/src/fileutils.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 
 #define DIR_SEPARATOR_STR "/"   // Directory separator char
-#define DIR_SEPARATOR_CH = '/'  // Directory separator string
+#define DIR_SEPARATOR_CH  '/'  // Directory separator string
 
 namespace fileutils {
     std::string get_home_dir();