diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8ad3de2..dd54890 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ifeq ($(MYSQL),YES)
 OPT_FILES += ucsqlite.o
 endif
 
-example : libuc.a example.o
+example : example.o libuc.a
 	$(LINKXX) -o $@ $^
 
 
diff --git a/buffer_curl.cpp b/buffer_curl.cpp
index 925ac59..43e79a8 100644
--- a/buffer_curl.cpp
+++ b/buffer_curl.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 /* Routines to use Buffers with curl. */
 
-#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include "buffer.h"
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 namespace JAD {
 
diff --git a/ucontainer.cpp b/ucontainer.cpp
index fbcd7f3..818797e 100644
--- a/ucontainer.cpp
+++ b/ucontainer.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * http://www.greatpanic.com/code.html
  */
 
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <functional>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -310,9 +312,19 @@ namespace JAD {
     if (type == uc_Map) ismap = true;
     else {
       errno = 0;
-      idx = strtol(piece1.c_str(),NULL,10);
-      if (errno) ismap = true;
-      else ismap = false;
+      char* ptr = NULL;
+      idx = strtol(piece1.c_str(), &ptr, 10);
+      if (errno == 0 && idx == 0) {
+        // This could have been a completely non-numeric string, or could have been a string representation of zero
+        // Find first non-whitespace char of piece1
+        std::string::iterator it_first_nonspace = std::find_if(piece1.begin(), piece1.end(), std::not1(std::ptr_fun<int, int>(std::isspace)));
+        // e.g. number of blank characters to skip
+        size_t chars_to_skip = it_first_nonspace - piece1.begin();
+
+        // If the start of the numeric string is the start of non-whitespace, there wasn't an array index at all (which means this is a map)
+        ismap = ptr == piece1.c_str() + chars_to_skip;
+      } else
+        ismap = false;
     }
 
     if (ismap) {