diff --git a/build/linux/runpremake b/build/linux/runpremake
index 04e5ad3ea3..09dcef5736 100644
--- a/build/linux/runpremake
+++ b/build/linux/runpremake
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 premake --file juce_premake.lua --cc gcc --target gnu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extras/juce demo/src/demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp b/extras/juce demo/src/demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp
index aec2d6bc87..519da9714c 100644
--- a/extras/juce demo/src/demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp	
+++ b/extras/juce demo/src/demos/WidgetsDemo.cpp	
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ class CustomMenuComponent  : public PopupMenuCustomComponent,
 
 public:
     CustomMenuComponent()
-        blobX (0), 
-        blobY (0)
+        : blobX (0), 
+          blobY (0)
     {
         // set off a timer to move a blob around on this component every
         // 300 milliseconds - see the timerCallback() method.
diff --git a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp
index 7529b72d00..8cb1d9dc67 100644
--- a/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/juce_appframework/gui/components/controls/juce_TextEditor.cpp
@@ -2405,7 +2405,9 @@ int TextEditor::findWordBreakBefore (int position) const throw()
                 break;
         }
 
-        const int type = getCharacterCategory (t [position - 1 - startOfBuffer]);
+        const int type = (position > startOfBuffer)
+                            ? getCharacterCategory (t [position - 1 - startOfBuffer]) 
+                            : 0;
 
         while (position > startOfBuffer)
         {