diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index deb5ce96..9771bb88 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if(NOT REVISION)
 endif(NOT REVISION)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG_INIT "-g -O0 -ggdb")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "")
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp
index 13b812dc..9ab465ee 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_data.cpp
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ int main() {
     {"x,,exp", "-32.767", "10feffff04681103c2", "00", ""},
     {"x,,exp,1000", "-0.000090000",  "10feffff04ec51b8bd", "00", ""},
     {"x,,exp,-100", "-9",  "10feffff04ec51b8bd", "00", ""},
+    {"x,,exp", "0.25",  "10feffff040000803e", "00", ""},
     {"x,,exp", "-",      "10feffff040000c07f", "00", "W"},
     {"x,,exr", "-0.09",  "10feffff04bdb851ec", "00", ""},
     {"x,,exr", "0.0",    "10feffff0400000000", "00", ""},
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ int main() {
   templates->readLineFromStream(&dummystr, __FILE__, false, &lineNo, &row, &errorDescription, false, nullptr, nullptr);
   const DataField* fields = nullptr;
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(checks) / sizeof(checks[0]); i++) {
-    string check[5] = checks[i];
+    string* check = checks[i];
     istringstream isstr(check[0]);
     string expectStr = check[1];
     MasterSymbolString mstr;
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_filereader.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_filereader.cpp
index 95c53d21..dabb69d2 100755
--- a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_filereader.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_filereader.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TestReader : public MappedFileReader {
       return RESULT_ERR_INVALID_ARG;
     }
     cout << "read line " << static_cast<unsigned>(baseLine + lineNo) << ": split OK" << endl;
-    string resultline[3] = resultlines[lineNo - 1];
+    string* resultline = resultlines[lineNo - 1];
     if (row->empty()) {
       cout << "  result empty";
       if (resultline[0] == "") {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class TestReader : public MappedFileReader {
     }
 
     bool error = false;
-    string colnames[3] = resultlines[0];
+    string* colnames = resultlines[0];
     map<string, string>& defaults = getDefaults()[""];
     for (size_t colIdx = 0; colIdx < 3; colIdx++) {
       string col = colnames[colIdx];
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class TestReader : public MappedFileReader {
     }
 
     for (size_t subIdx = 0; subIdx < subRows->size(); subIdx++) {
-      string resultsubline[4] = resultsublines[lineNo - 1][subIdx];
+      string* resultsubline = resultsublines[lineNo - 1][subIdx];
       *row = (*subRows)[subIdx];
       if (row->empty()) {
         cout << "  sub " << subIdx << " result empty";
diff --git a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_message.cpp b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_message.cpp
index aea4f361..f62d774c 100644
--- a/src/lib/ebus/test/test_message.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/ebus/test/test_message.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int main() {
   mstrs.resize(1);
   sstrs.resize(1);
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(checks) / sizeof(checks[0]); i++) {
-    string check[5] = checks[i];
+    string* check = checks[i];
     string inputStr = check[1];
     string flags = check[4];
     bool isTemplate = flags == "template";