diff --git a/buildscripts/pre_release.sh b/buildscripts/pre_release.sh
index 2382d3d68b..b5ac4bc0fe 100755
--- a/buildscripts/pre_release.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/pre_release.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [ ! -f $changelog_file ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! grep -q "^\#\# \[Unreleased\]$" $changelog_file ]; then
+if ! grep -q "^\#\# \[Unreleased\]$" "$changelog_file" ; then
     echo "Error: $changelog_file doesn't contain Unreleased information. Please update the file with changes and run this script again."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/examples/http/tracer_common.h b/examples/http/tracer_common.h
index f4d1402f24..0b74d2ff8e 100644
--- a/examples/http/tracer_common.h
+++ b/examples/http/tracer_common.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ template <typename T>
 class HttpTextMapCarrier : public opentelemetry::context::propagation::TextMapCarrier
 {
 public:
-  HttpTextMapCarrier<T>(T &headers) : headers_(headers) {}
+  HttpTextMapCarrier(T &headers) : headers_(headers) {}
   HttpTextMapCarrier() = default;
   virtual opentelemetry::nostd::string_view Get(
       opentelemetry::nostd::string_view key) const noexcept override