diff --git a/filter/test.conf b/filter/test.conf
index 62c807b7..ae8a95a6 100644
--- a/filter/test.conf
+++ b/filter/test.conf
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pair set ps;
 ec set ecs;
 ip set ips;
 prefix set pxs;
-string s;
+string st;
 {
 	print "1a-a1 = 30: ", '1a-a1'; 
 	print "Testing filter language:";
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ string s;
 	print "Testing EC set, false: ", (ro, 10, 20) ~ ecs, " ", (rt, 10, 21) ~ ecs, " ", (ro, 100000, 99) ~ ecs,
 		" ", (ro, 12345, 10) ~ ecs, " ", (rt, 12346, 0) ~ ecs, " ", (ro, 0.1.134.160, 150) ~ ecs;
 
-	s = "Hello";
-	print "Testing string: ", s, " true: ", s ~ "Hell*", " false: ", s ~ "ell*";
+	st = "Hello";
+	print "Testing string: ", st, " true: ", st ~ "Hell*", " false: ", st ~ "ell*";
 	
 	b = true;
 	print "Testing bool: ", b, ", ", !b;
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/log.c b/sysdep/unix/log.c
index 9dd4d66f..0f4c06e9 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/log.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/log.c
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ log_commit(int class, buffer *buf)
 
   /* FIXME: cli_echo is not thread-safe */
   cli_echo(class, buf->start);
+
+  buf->pos = buf->start;
 }
 
 int buffer_vprint(buffer *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args);