diff --git a/bibletime/backend/cswordbackend.cpp b/bibletime/backend/cswordbackend.cpp
index 1c218b3..ba7f4d9 100644
--- a/bibletime/backend/cswordbackend.cpp
+++ b/bibletime/backend/cswordbackend.cpp
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ const bool CSwordBackend::shutdownModules() {
 
 /** Returns true if the given option is enabled. */
 const bool CSwordBackend::isOptionEnabled( const CSwordModuleInfo::FilterTypes type) {
-	return (getGlobalOption( optionName(type).latin1() ) == "On");
+	return (strcmp(getGlobalOption( optionName(type).latin1() ), "On") == 0);
 }
 
 /** Sets the given options enabled or disabled depending on the second parameter. */
diff --git a/bibletime/frontend/cdragdropmgr.cpp b/bibletime/frontend/cdragdropmgr.cpp
index 52d012f..428644f 100644
--- a/bibletime/frontend/cdragdropmgr.cpp
+++ b/bibletime/frontend/cdragdropmgr.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bool CDragDropMgr::BTDrag::canDecode( const TQMimeSource * mime ) {
 };
 
 bool CDragDropMgr::BTDrag::provides( const char* type ) const {
-	return (type == "BibleTime/DND"); //return only true if the type is BibleTime/DND
+	return (strcmp(type, "BibleTime/DND") == 0); //return only true if the type is BibleTime/DND
 };
 
 const char* CDragDropMgr::BTDrag::format( int i ) const {