diff --git a/node.cc b/node.cc
index f63420d717..117d9891a6 100644
--- a/node.cc
+++ b/node.cc
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   Init_tcp(g);
   Init_http(g);
 
-  //V8::SetFatalErrorHandler(OnFatalError);
+  V8::SetFatalErrorHandler(OnFatalError);
 
   v8::Handle<v8::String> source = ReadFile(filename);
   ExecuteString(source, String::New(filename.c_str()), false, true);
diff --git a/node_http.cc b/node_http.cc
index 82d4072aef..75648a5c13 100644
--- a/node_http.cc
+++ b/node_http.cc
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ HttpRequest::CreateJSObject ()
     string &f = *field_iterator;
     string &v = *value_iterator;
     
-    headers->Set( String::New(f.c_str(), f.length() )
+    headers->Set( String::NewSymbol(f.c_str(), f.length())
                 , String::New(v.c_str(), v.length() ) 
                 );