diff --git a/lib/json.c b/lib/json.c
index 6852ffd..2f6618b 100644
--- a/lib/json.c
+++ b/lib/json.c
@@ -331,11 +331,13 @@ static int handle_string_value_char (hcl_json_t* json, hcl_ooci_t c)
 			/* convert the character to utf8 */
 			{
 				hcl_bch_t bcsbuf[HCL_BCSIZE_MAX];
-				hcl_oow_t ucslen = 1, bcslen;
+				hcl_oow_t ucslen, bcslen;
 
+				ucslen = 1;
+				bcslen = HCL_COUNTOF(bcsbuf);
 				if (hcl_conv_uchars_to_bchars_with_cmgr(&json->state_stack->u.sv.acc, &ucslen, bcsbuf, &bcslen, hcl_json_getcmgr(json)) <= -1)
 				{
-					hcl_json_seterrbfmt (json, HCL_EECERR, "unable to convert %jc", acc);
+					hcl_json_seterrbfmt (json, HCL_EECERR, "unable to convert %jc", json->state_stack->u.sv.acc);
 					return -1;
 				}
 				else
@@ -501,11 +503,12 @@ static int handle_character_value_char (hcl_json_t* json, hcl_ooci_t c)
 		if (add_char_to_token(json, c) <= -1) return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (json->tok.len >= 1) 
+	if (json->tok.len > 1) 
 	{
 		hcl_json_seterrbfmt (json, HCL_EINVAL, "too many characters in a character literal - %.*js", json->tok.len, json->tok.ptr);
 		return -1;
 	}
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/main-j.c b/lib/main-j.c
index 1c4d529..bc052b8 100644
--- a/lib/main-j.c
+++ b/lib/main-j.c
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 	json_xtn = hcl_json_getxtn(json);
 	json_xtn->logmask = HCL_LOG_ALL_LEVELS | HCL_LOG_ALL_TYPES;
 
-	//p = "[ \"ab\\xab\\uC88B\\uC544\\uC6A9c\", \"kaden\", \"iron\", true, { \"null\": \"a\\1bc\", \"123\": \"AA20AA\", \"10\": -0.123, \"way\": '\\uC88B' } ]";
-	p = "{ \"result\": \"SUCCESS\", \"message\": \"1 clients\", \"sessions\": [] }";
+	p = "[ \"ab\\xab\\uC88B\\uC544\\uC6A9c\", \"kaden\", \"iron\", true, { \"null\": \"a\\1bc\", \"123\": \"AA20AA\", \"10\": -0.123, \"way\": '\\uC88A' } ]";
+	/*p = "{ \"result\": \"SUCCESS\", \"message\": \"1 clients\", \"sessions\": [] }";*/
 
 	if (hcl_json_feed(json, p, strlen(p), &xlen) <= -1)
 	{