diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index 664ab29ba..e59509c38 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class DText
   # @return [String] the DText output
   def self.strip_blocks(string, tag)
     n = 0
-    stripped = ""
+    stripped = "".dup
     string = string.dup
 
     string.gsub!(/\s*\[#{tag}\](?!\])\s*/mi, "\n\n[#{tag}]\n\n")
diff --git a/app/logical/exif_tool.rb b/app/logical/exif_tool.rb
index 94f0e6592..5b7907fbc 100644
--- a/app/logical/exif_tool.rb
+++ b/app/logical/exif_tool.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
 require "shellwords"
 
 # A wrapper for the exiftool command.