diff --git a/Src/Kernels/Chebyshev/FChebSymM2LHandler.hpp b/Src/Kernels/Chebyshev/FChebSymM2LHandler.hpp
index b26cfccea8df250201c1445731f47556b96e404d..ebb1709fffd154e612804b5b6e1ea9a9ff55a353 100644
--- a/Src/Kernels/Chebyshev/FChebSymM2LHandler.hpp
+++ b/Src/Kernels/Chebyshev/FChebSymM2LHandler.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 // See LICENCE file at project root
+/**
+ * @author Matthias Messner (matthias.matthias@inria.fr)
+ * Please read the license
+ */
 #ifndef FCHEBSYMM2LHANDLER_HPP
 #define FCHEBSYMM2LHANDLER_HPP
 
+
 #include <array>
 #include <climits>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -17,10 +22,7 @@
 #include "Utils/FAca.hpp"
 
 
-/**
- * @author Matthias Messner (matthias.matthias@inria.fr)
- * Please read the license
- */
+
 
 
 /*!  Choose either \a FULLY_PIVOTED_ACASVD or \a PARTIALLY_PIVOTED_ACASVD or
@@ -40,12 +42,11 @@
 template <class FReal, int ORDER, typename MatrixKernelClass, class ArrayK, class ArrayLr>
 static void precompute(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal CellWidth,
         const FReal Epsilon, ArrayK K, ArrayLr LowRank)
-//        const FReal Epsilon, FReal* K[343], int LowRank[343])
 {
     //  std::cout << "\nComputing 16 far-field interactions (l=" << ORDER << ", eps=" << Epsilon
     //                      << ") for cells of width w = " << CellWidth << std::endl;
 
-    static const unsigned int nnodes = ORDER*ORDER*ORDER;
+    static constexpr unsigned int nnodes = ORDER*ORDER*ORDER;
 
     // interpolation points of source (Y) and target (X) cell
     FPoint<FReal> X[nnodes], Y[nnodes];
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ static void precompute(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal
 
     // needed for the SVD
      int INFO;
-    const unsigned int LWORK = 2 * (3*nnodes + nnodes);
+    constexpr  unsigned int LWORK = 2 * (3*nnodes + nnodes);
     FReal *const WORK = new FReal [LWORK]{};
     FReal *const VT   = new FReal [nnodes*nnodes]{};
     FReal *const S    = new FReal [nnodes]{};
@@ -196,13 +197,6 @@ static void precompute(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal
                     delete [] V;
                 }
 
-                //// store recompressed UV
-                //const unsigned int idx = (i+3)*7*7 + (j+3)*7 + (k+3);
-                //assert(K[idx]==NULL);
-                //K[idx] = new FReal [2*rank*nnodes];
-                //LowRank[idx] = rank;
-                //FBlas::copy(rank*nnodes, UU,  K[idx]);
-                //FBlas::copy(rank*nnodes, VV,  K[idx] + rank*nnodes);
 
                 delete [] UU;
                 delete [] VV;
@@ -210,8 +204,6 @@ static void precompute(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal
                 elapsed_time = time.tacAndElapsed();
                 overall_time += elapsed_time;
                 overall_rank += rank;
-                // std::cout << "(" << i << "," << j << "," << k << ") " << idx <<
-                //  ", low rank = " << rank << " (" << aca_rank << ") in " << elapsed_time << "s" << std::endl;
 
                 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
                 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -275,14 +267,15 @@ static void precompute(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal
             }
         }
     }
+#ifdef SCALFMM_M2L_VERBOSE 
     //std::cout << "The approximation of the " << counter
     //      << " far-field interactions (overall rank " << overall_rank
     //      << " / " << 16*nnodes
     //      << " , sizeM2L= " << 2*overall_rank*nnodes*sizeof(FReal) << ""
     //      << " / " << 16*nnodes*nnodes*sizeof(FReal) << " B"
     //      << ") took " << overall_time << "s\n" << std::endl;
-
     std::cout << "Compressed and set M2L operators (" << 2*overall_rank*nnodes*sizeof(FReal) << " B) in " << overall_time << "sec." << std::endl;
+#endif
 
     delete [] U;
     delete [] WORK;
@@ -328,7 +321,8 @@ public:
 
     /** Constructor: with 16 small SVDs */
     template <typename MatrixKernelClass>
-    SymmetryHandler(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal Epsilon,
+    SymmetryHandler(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, 
+		    const FReal Epsilon,
                     const FReal, const unsigned int)
     {
         // init all 343 item to zero, because effectively only 16 exist
@@ -344,8 +338,9 @@ public:
                 for (int k=-3; k<=3; ++k) {
                     const unsigned int idx = ((i+3) * 7 + (j+3)) * 7 + (k+3);
                     pindices[idx] = 0;
-                    if (abs(i)>1 || abs(j)>1 || abs(k)>1)
+                    if (abs(i)>1 || abs(j)>1 || abs(k)>1){
                         pindices[idx] = Symmetries.getPermutationArrayAndIndex(i,j,k, pvectors[idx]);
+		    }
                 }
 	  }
 	}
@@ -413,17 +408,13 @@ public:
         // init all 343 item to zero, because effectively only 16 exist
       K       = new FReal** [TreeHeight]{};
       LowRank = new int*    [TreeHeight]{};
-        K[0]       = nullptr;
-        K[1]       = nullptr;
-        LowRank[0] = nullptr;
-        LowRank[1] = nullptr;
+        // K[0]       = nullptr;
+        // K[1]       = nullptr;
+        // LowRank[0] = nullptr;
+        // LowRank[1] = nullptr;
         for (unsigned int l=2; l<TreeHeight; ++l) {
 	  K[l]       = new FReal* [343]{};
 	  LowRank[l] = new int    [343]{};
-            // for (unsigned int t=0; t<343; ++t) {
-            //     K[l][t]       = nullptr;
-            //     LowRank[l][t] = 0;
-            // }
         }
 
 
@@ -434,8 +425,9 @@ public:
                 for (int k=-3; k<=3; ++k) {
                     const unsigned int idx = ((i+3) * 7 + (j+3)) * 7 + (k+3);
                     pindices[idx] = 0;
-                    if (abs(i)>1 || abs(j)>1 || abs(k)>1)
+                    if (abs(i)>1 || abs(j)>1 || abs(k)>1){
                         pindices[idx] = Symmetries.getPermutationArrayAndIndex(i,j,k, pvectors[idx]);
+		    }
                 }
 	  }
 	}
@@ -499,17 +491,17 @@ public:
 template <class FReal, int ORDER, typename MatrixKernelClass>
 static void ComputeAndCompressAndStoreInBinaryFile(const MatrixKernelClass *const MatrixKernel, const FReal Epsilon)
 {
-    static const unsigned int nnodes = ORDER*ORDER*ORDER;
+    static constexpr unsigned int nnodes = ORDER*ORDER*ORDER;
 
     // compute and compress ////////////
     std::array<FReal*,343> K{};
     std::array<int,343> LowRank{};
-    //    for (unsigned int idx=0; idx<343; ++idx)
-    //      { K[idx] = nullptr; LowRank[idx] = 0;  }
+
     precompute<FReal,ORDER>(MatrixKernel, FReal(2.), Epsilon, K, LowRank);
 
     // write to binary file ////////////
-    FTic time; time.tic();
+    FTic time; 
+    time.tic();
     // start computing process
     const char precision = (typeid(FReal)==typeid(double) ? 'd' : 'f');
     std::stringstream sstream;
@@ -538,9 +530,6 @@ static void ComputeAndCompressAndStoreInBinaryFile(const MatrixKernelClass *cons
       throw std::runtime_error("File could not be opened to write");
     }
     stream.close();
-    // write info
-    //  std::cout << "Compressed M2L operators stored in binary file " << filename
-    //                  << " in " << time.tacAndElapsed() << "sec." << std::endl;
 
     // free memory /////////////////////
     for (unsigned int t=0; t<343; ++t) {
@@ -571,7 +560,9 @@ void ReadFromBinaryFile(const FReal Epsilon, FReal* K[343], int LowRank[343])
     std::ifstream istream(filename.c_str(),
             std::ios::in | std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
     const std::ifstream::pos_type size = istream.tellg();
-    if (size<=0) throw std::runtime_error("The requested binary file does not yet exist. Exit.");
+    if (size<=0) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("The requested binary file does not yet exist. Exit.");
+    }
 
     if (istream.good()) {
         istream.seekg(0);
diff --git a/Src/Utils/FMemStats.h b/Src/Utils/FMemStats.h
index 822d22d6276e717822f108651463caf517d62429..57a5b3b5b6df5dbb401c954ce047964c58cdebc8 100644
--- a/Src/Utils/FMemStats.h
+++ b/Src/Utils/FMemStats.h
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ private:
 
     void plotState() const {
 #ifdef SCALFMM_USE_MEM_STATS
-        printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Total number of allocations %lld \n", numberOfAllocations);
+        printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Total number of allocations %llu \n", numberOfAllocations);
         printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Memory used at the end %lu Bytes (%f MB)\n", FMemStats::controler.getCurrentAllocated(), FMemStats::controler.getCurrentAllocatedMB());
-        printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Max memory used %lld Bytes (%f MB)\n", FMemStats::controler.getMaxAllocated(), FMemStats::controler.getMaxAllocatedMB());
-        printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Total memory used %lld Bytes (%f MB)\n", FMemStats::controler.getTotalAllocated(), FMemStats::controler.getTotalAllocatedMB());
+        printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Max memory used %llu Bytes (%f MB)\n", FMemStats::controler.getMaxAllocated(), FMemStats::controler.getMaxAllocatedMB());
+        printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] Total memory used %llu Bytes (%f MB)\n", FMemStats::controler.getTotalAllocated(), FMemStats::controler.getTotalAllocatedMB());
 #else
         printf("[SCALFMM-MEMSTAT] unused\n");
 #endif
diff --git a/Src/Utils/FMpi.hpp b/Src/Utils/FMpi.hpp
index 7a5338ab9a6c0d0b07faafe4caa598cd2a5dec70..a4a047296a745173e71d02b5fa506a053846bf80 100644
--- a/Src/Utils/FMpi.hpp
+++ b/Src/Utils/FMpi.hpp
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ public:
     /// Generic mpi assert function
     static void Assert(const int test, const unsigned line, const char* const message = nullptr){
         if(test != MPI_SUCCESS){
-            printf("[ERROR-QS] Test failled at line %d, result is %d", line, test);
+            printf("[ERROR-QS] Test failled at line %u, result is %d", line, test);
             if(message) printf(", message: %s",message);
             printf("\n");
             fflush(stdout);
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public:
     /// assert if mpi error */
     static void MpiAssert(const int test, const unsigned line, const char* const message = nullptr){
         if(test != MPI_SUCCESS){
-            printf("[ERROR] Test failed at line %d, result is %d", line, test);
+            printf("[ERROR] Test failed at line %u, result is %d", line, test);
             if(message) printf(", message: %s",message);
             printf("\n");
             fflush(stdout);