diff --git a/src/python_coupling/Manager.cpp b/src/python_coupling/Manager.cpp
index 82bf23cf29fc0cb1dbdbb14985d264ed639cd0c6..13b401b675cdc706bb2fc861025048cefaa77619 100644
--- a/src/python_coupling/Manager.cpp
+++ b/src/python_coupling/Manager.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ void Manager::triggerInitialization()
 
    }
    catch ( boost::python::error_already_set & ) {
-      PyObject *type_ptr = nullptr, *value_ptr = nullptr, *traceback_ptr = nullptr;
+      PyObject *type_ptr = nullptr;
+
+      PyObject *value_ptr = nullptr;
+
+      PyObject *traceback_ptr = nullptr;
       PyErr_Fetch(&type_ptr, &value_ptr, &traceback_ptr);
 
       if( type_ptr )
diff --git a/src/python_coupling/basic_exports/BasicExports.cpp b/src/python_coupling/basic_exports/BasicExports.cpp
index 75d0354c23e433ea64b8cc54355c1ac38bce6b8e..2d180f58f3bcfe837465486b21c1df094dea65a8 100644
--- a/src/python_coupling/basic_exports/BasicExports.cpp
+++ b/src/python_coupling/basic_exports/BasicExports.cpp
@@ -1143,7 +1143,13 @@ void exportStencilDirections()
        .value("BSW", stencil::BSW)
        .export_values()
        ;
-   boost::python::list cx, cy, cz, dirStrings;
+   boost::python::list cx;
+
+   boost::python::list cy;
+
+   boost::python::list cz;
+
+   boost::python::list dirStrings;
    for( uint_t i=0; i < stencil::NR_OF_DIRECTIONS; ++i  )
    {
       cx.append( stencil::cx[i] );