diff --git a/rtgui/dirbrowser.cc b/rtgui/dirbrowser.cc
index 1d4038e91..fb9e43272 100644
--- a/rtgui/dirbrowser.cc
+++ b/rtgui/dirbrowser.cc
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ std::vector<Glib::ustring> listSubDirs (const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::File>& dir, bool
     } catch (const Glib::Exception& exception) {
 
         if (options.rtSettings.verbose) {
-            std::cerr << "Failed to list subdirectories of \"" << dir << "\": " << exception.what () << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "Failed to list subdirectories of \"" << dir->get_parse_name() << "\": " << exception.what () << std::endl;
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
index bbbbbcbf4..eed4f404c 100644
--- a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ private:
         profileBox.set_size_request (100, -1);
         profileBox.setPreferredWidth (90, 150);
         setExpandAlignProperties (&profileBox, false, false, Gtk::ALIGN_CENTER, Gtk::ALIGN_CENTER);
+        Gtk::CellRendererText* cellRenderer = dynamic_cast<Gtk::CellRendererText*>(profileBox.get_first_cell());
+        cellRenderer->property_ellipsize() = Pango::ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE;
 
         profileBox.append (M ("PREFERENCES_PROFILE_NONE"));
 #ifdef WIN32