diff --git a/example-clients/latent_client.c b/example-clients/latent_client.c
index e7a56c4..175dd14 100644
--- a/example-clients/latent_client.c
+++ b/example-clients/latent_client.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (jack_connect (client, ports[0], jack_port_name (input_port))) {
 		fprintf (stderr, "cannot connect input ports\n");
+		exit (1);
 	}
 
 	free (ports);
@@ -211,6 +212,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	*/
 
 	jack_client_close (client);
-	exit (0);
+	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/example-clients/metro.c b/example-clients/metro.c
index 229eca1..c1ec51f 100644
--- a/example-clients/metro.c
+++ b/example-clients/metro.c
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	int attack_percent = 1, decay_percent = 10, dur_arg = 100;
 	char *client_name = 0;
 	char *bpm_string = "bpm";
-	int verbose = 0;
 	jack_status_t status;
 
 	const char *options = "f:A:D:a:d:b:n:thv";
@@ -199,7 +198,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			strcpy (client_name, optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'v':
-			verbose = 1;
 			break;
 		case 't':
 			transport_aware = 1;
diff --git a/example-clients/midiseq.c b/example-clients/midiseq.c
index 1ca42d3..3518f29 100644
--- a/example-clients/midiseq.c
+++ b/example-clients/midiseq.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ static int process(jack_nframes_t nframes, void *arg)
 int main(int narg, char **args)
 {
 	int i;
-	jack_nframes_t nframes;
 	if ((narg<6) || ((narg-3)%3 != 0)) {
 		usage();
 		exit(1);
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int narg, char **args)
 	}
 	jack_set_process_callback (client, process, 0);
 	output_port = jack_port_register (client, "out", JACK_DEFAULT_MIDI_TYPE, JackPortIsOutput, 0);
-	nframes = jack_get_buffer_size(client);
+
 	loop_index = 0;
 	num_notes = (narg - 3)/3;
 	note_frqs = malloc(num_notes*sizeof(unsigned char));