diff --git a/client/sendproc.pl b/client/sendproc.pl
index 6cccd18..4e7354a 100755
--- a/client/sendproc.pl
+++ b/client/sendproc.pl
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if ($firstssh->error == 0 && $nodealhits < 3 ) {
 	sendfiles($server,$username,$password); 
 } elsif ( $firstssh->error != 0 && $nodealhits < 3) {
 	print "sendproc.pl: Warning: Oops, missed a leftover tarball ssh connection!Will try again in $postponetime microseconds!";
-	$nodealhits=$nodealhits+1;
+	$nodealhits += 1;
 	print "sendproc.pl: Info: nodealhits is: $nodealhits \n";
 	usleep($postponetime);
 	sendfiles($server,$username,$password);
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ sub sendfiles {
 			
 		} elsif ( $ssh->error != 0 && $nodealhits < 3 ) {
 			print "sendproc.pl Warning: Oops, missed a connection while trying to upload a normal tarball file !Will try again in $postponetime microsecs! \n";
-        		$nodealhits=$nodealhits+1;
+        		$nodealhits += 1;
         		print "sendproc.pl Info: nodealhits is: $nodealhits \n";
         		usleep($postponetime);
 			$ssh->scp_put({quiet=>0}, "/dev/shm/$secs$pmicrosecs#$tz#$digest.tar", "/home/$username/");
diff --git a/server/newdeltaparseproc.pl b/server/newdeltaparseproc.pl
index 0aa8175..3495e65 100755
--- a/server/newdeltaparseproc.pl
+++ b/server/newdeltaparseproc.pl
@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@ sub parsefiles {
 		unlink "$threadspecificpath/dev/shm/$fitopr" or warn "parseproc.pl Warning: Could not unlink net file /home/$threadspecificpath/dev/shm/$fitopr: $!";
 		
 		#Increase the net file counter 
-		$netfcounter=$netfcounter+1;
+		$netfcounter += 1;
 
 		if ($netfcounter == $threaddirremvindex	) {	
 		#The very last thing we do inside the per thread  context is to cleanup the thread specific directories