diff --git a/overlay/config.c b/overlay/config.c
index 56e0147a..b6bd8dc3 100644
--- a/overlay/config.c
+++ b/overlay/config.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static int add_value(const char *section,
 			return 0;
 
 		memcpy(s->name, section, len);
+		s->values = NULL;
 		s->next = c->sections;
 		c->sections = s;
 	}
diff --git a/overlay/gem-objects.c b/overlay/gem-objects.c
index d5044bc0..4d60299a 100644
--- a/overlay/gem-objects.c
+++ b/overlay/gem-objects.c
@@ -57,12 +57,16 @@ int gem_objects_init(struct gem_objects *obj)
 	fd = open(buf, 0);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return errno;
-	len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1);
+	len = read(fd, buf+1, sizeof(buf)-2);
 	close(fd);
 
 	if (len < 0)
 		return EIO;
 
+	/* Add sentinel values for the string searches */
+	buf[0] = '\n';
+	buf[len+1] = '\0';
+
 	b = strstr(buf, "gtt total");
 	if (b == NULL)
 		return EIO;