diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES
index 37526e9bd..b11862382 100644
--- a/RELNOTES
+++ b/RELNOTES
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-firejail (0.9.54~rc1) baseline; urgency=low
-  * work in progress
+firejail (0.9.54) baseline; urgency=low
   * modif: --force removed
   * modif: --csh, --zsh removed
   * modif: --debug-check-filename removed
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ firejail (0.9.54~rc1) baseline; urgency=low
   * new profiles: arepack, aunpack profiles, ppsspp, scallion, clion,
   * new profiles: baloo_filemetadata_temp_extractor, AnyDesk, webstorm, xmind,
   * new profiles: qmmp, sayonara
- -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Sun, 6 May 2018 08:00:00 -0500
+ -- netblue30 <netblue30@yahoo.com>  Wed, 16 May 2018 08:00:00 -0500
 
 firejail (0.9.52) baseline; urgency=low
   * modif: --allow-private-blacklists was deprecated; blacklisting,
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c2fe501a8..c8510a5a8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for firejail 0.9.54~rc3.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for firejail 0.9.54.
 #
 # Report bugs to <netblue30@yahoo.com>.
 #
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='firejail'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='firejail'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.54~rc3'
-PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.54~rc3'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.54'
+PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.54'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='netblue30@yahoo.com'
 PACKAGE_URL='http://firejail.wordpress.com'
 
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures firejail 0.9.54~rc3 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures firejail 0.9.54 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.54~rc3:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.54:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-firejail configure 0.9.54~rc3
+firejail configure 0.9.54
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.54~rc3, which was
+It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.54, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4407,7 +4407,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.54~rc3, which was
+This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.54, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -4461,7 +4461,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-firejail config.status 0.9.54~rc3
+firejail config.status 0.9.54
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f540c1469..494935d1b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT(firejail, 0.9.54~rc3, netblue30@yahoo.com, , http://firejail.wordpress.com)
+AC_INIT(firejail, 0.9.54, netblue30@yahoo.com, , http://firejail.wordpress.com)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/firejail/main.c])
 #AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
diff --git a/etc/gedit.profile b/etc/gedit.profile
index 33d03f62e..62c923f6b 100644
--- a/etc/gedit.profile
+++ b/etc/gedit.profile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ tracelog
 # private-bin gedit
 private-dev
 # private-etc fonts
-private-lib gedit,libgspell-1.so.1,gconv,aspell
+# private-lib temporarily disabled pending code fixes
+#private-lib gedit,libgspell-1.so.1,gconv,aspell
 private-tmp
 
 noexec ${HOME}
diff --git a/src/firejail/util.c b/src/firejail/util.c
index b7868a9a3..8b3996927 100644
--- a/src/firejail/util.c
+++ b/src/firejail/util.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void errLogExit(char* fmt, ...) {
 	MountData *m = get_last_mount();
 
 	char *msg1;
-	char *msg2;
+	char *msg2  = "Access error";
 	if (vasprintf(&msg1, fmt, args) != -1 &&
 	    asprintf(&msg2, "Access error: pid %d, last mount name:%s dir:%s type:%s - %s", getuid(), m->fsname, m->dir, m->fstype, msg1) != -1)
 		syslog(LOG_CRIT, "%s", msg2);