diff --git a/libsrc/general/array.hpp b/libsrc/general/array.hpp
index df0cd0a5..07ec23d7 100644
--- a/libsrc/general/array.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/general/array.hpp
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ namespace netgen
       : FlatArray<T, BASE, TIND> (asize, asize ? new T[asize] : nullptr)
     {
       allocsize = asize;
-      if(asize)
-        ownmem = 1;
+      ownmem = (asize == 0) ? 0 : 1;
     }
 
     /// Generate array in user data
diff --git a/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp b/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
index 45d6f98b..0843ecda 100644
--- a/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/meshing/parallelmesh.cpp
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ namespace netgen
     *testout << "got " << numvert << " vertices" << endl;
 
     {
-      Element el;
+      Element el(dim==2 ? 3 : 4);
       
       Array<int> elarray;
       MyMPI_Recv (elarray, 0, MPI_TAG_MESH+2, comm);