diff --git a/containers/choc_Value.h b/containers/choc_Value.h
index d334849..db4c6f3 100644
--- a/containers/choc_Value.h
+++ b/containers/choc_Value.h
@@ -2319,7 +2319,11 @@ inline StringDictionary::Handle ValueView::getStringHandle() const
 
 inline std::string_view ValueView::getString() const
 {
-    check (stringDictionary != nullptr, "No string dictionary supplied");
+    // To satisfy the MSVC code analyser this check needs to be handled directly
+    // from this function
+    if (stringDictionary == nullptr)
+        throwError ("No string dictionary supplied");
+        
     return stringDictionary->getStringForHandle (getStringHandle());
 }
 
@@ -2426,21 +2430,32 @@ void ValueView::serialise (OutputStream& output) const
     if (type.isVoid())
         return;
 
-    auto dataSize = type.getValueDataSize();
-
-    if (stringDictionary == nullptr || ! type.usesStrings())
-    {
-        output.write (data, dataSize);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    static constexpr uint32_t maximumSize = 16384;
-
-    if (dataSize > maximumSize)
-        throwError ("Out of local scratch space");
-
-    uint8_t localCopy[maximumSize];
-    std::memcpy (localCopy, data, dataSize);
+     auto dataSize = type.getValueDataSize();
+     check (dataSize > 0, "Invalid data size");
+
+     if (stringDictionary == nullptr || ! type.usesStrings())
+     {
+         output.write (data, dataSize);
+         return;
+     }
+
+     uint8_t* localCopy = nullptr;
+
+    #if _MSC_VER
+     __try
+     {
+         localCopy = (uint8_t*) _alloca (dataSize);
+     }
+     __except (GetExceptionCode() == STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW)
+     {
+         throwError ("Stack overflow");
+     }
+    #else
+     localCopy = (uint8_t*) alloca (dataSize);
+    #endif
+
+     check (localCopy != nullptr, "Stack allocation failed");
+     std::memcpy (localCopy, data, dataSize);
 
     static constexpr uint32_t maxStrings = 128;
     uint32_t numStrings = 0, stringDataSize = 0;
diff --git a/javascript/choc_javascript_QuickJS.h b/javascript/choc_javascript_QuickJS.h
index 3c49f78..9910123 100644
--- a/javascript/choc_javascript_QuickJS.h
+++ b/javascript/choc_javascript_QuickJS.h
@@ -219,18 +219,6 @@ static inline int clz32(unsigned int a)
    #endif
 }
 
-/* WARNING: undefined if a = 0 */
-static inline int clz64(uint64_t a)
-{
-   #if _MSC_VER
-    unsigned long i;
-    _BitScanReverse64 (&i, a);
-    return 63 ^ i;
-   #else
-    return __builtin_clzll(a);
-   #endif
-}
-
 /* WARNING: undefined if a = 0 */
 static inline int ctz32(unsigned int a)
 {
@@ -243,18 +231,6 @@ static inline int ctz32(unsigned int a)
    #endif
 }
 
-/* WARNING: undefined if a = 0 */
-static inline int ctz64(uint64_t a)
-{
-   #if _MSC_VER
-    unsigned long i;
-    _BitScanForward64 (&i, a);
-    return 63 ^ i;
-   #else
-    return __builtin_ctzll(a);
-   #endif
-}
-
 static inline uint64_t get_u64(const uint8_t *tab)
 {
     uint64_t v;
diff --git a/platform/choc_DisableAllWarnings.h b/platform/choc_DisableAllWarnings.h
index 1c7dba1..c9c26e0 100644
--- a/platform/choc_DisableAllWarnings.h
+++ b/platform/choc_DisableAllWarnings.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
  #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wuse-after-free"
  #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Warray-bounds"
  #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wvolatile"
+ #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmissing-field-initializers"
+ #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
  #ifndef __MINGW32__
   #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wredundant-move"
  #endif
diff --git a/platform/choc_ObjectiveCHelpers.h b/platform/choc_ObjectiveCHelpers.h
index 11e870d..f37b5bd 100644
--- a/platform/choc_ObjectiveCHelpers.h
+++ b/platform/choc_ObjectiveCHelpers.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef CHOC_OBJC_HELPERS_HEADER_INCLUDED
 #define CHOC_OBJC_HELPERS_HEADER_INCLUDED
 
-#include "../platform/choc_Platform.h"
+#include "choc_Platform.h"
 
 #if CHOC_APPLE
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <objc/message.h>
 #include <type_traits>
 
-#include "../platform/choc_Assert.h"
+#include "choc_Assert.h"
 
 
 //==============================================================================