diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp
index ab218e54c..557998090 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/NewFriendList.cpp
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ bool NewFriendList::importFriendlist(QString &fileName, bool &errorPeers, bool &
             return false;
         }
 
-        bool ok = doc.setContent(&file);
+        bool ok = (bool) doc.setContent(&file);
         file.close();
 
         if(!ok) {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RsCollection.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RsCollection.cpp
index 02ab0cf44..6daa54de8 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RsCollection.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RsCollection.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ RsCollection::RsCollection(const QString& fileName, RsCollectionErrorCode& error
     }
 
     QDomDocument xml_doc;
-    bool ok = xml_doc.setContent(&file) ;
+    bool ok = (bool) xml_doc.setContent(&file);
 
     if(!ok)
     {