diff --git a/apache2/apache2_config.c b/apache2/apache2_config.c
index 615d0c38..17f529ce 100644
--- a/apache2/apache2_config.c
+++ b/apache2/apache2_config.c
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 
 // Returns the rule id if existing, otherwise the file name & line number
 static const char* id_log(msre_rule* rule) {
-	const char* id = rule->actionset->id;
-	if (!id || !*id || id == NOT_SET_P) id = apr_psprintf(rule->ruleset->mp, "%s (%d)", rule->filename, rule->line_num);
+	char* id = rule->actionset->id;
+	if (id == NOT_SET_P || !id || !*id)
+        id = apr_psprintf(rule->ruleset->mp, "%s (%d)", rule->filename, rule->line_num);
 	return id;
 }
 
diff --git a/apache2/re.c b/apache2/re.c
index a7451f8f..e775d546 100644
--- a/apache2/re.c
+++ b/apache2/re.c
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static int fetch_target_exception(msre_rule *rule, modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *va
  * \param p3 Pointer to configuration option REPLACED_TARGET
  */
 char *msre_ruleset_rule_update_target_matching_exception(modsec_rec *msr, msre_ruleset *ruleset, rule_exception *re, const char *p2, const char *p3) {
-    assert(msr != NULL);
     char *err;
 
     if(ruleset == NULL)
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@ char *msre_ruleset_phase_rule_update_target_matching_exception(modsec_rec *msr,
         apr_array_header_t *phase_arr, const char *p2,
         const char *p3)
 {
-    assert(msr != NULL);
     assert(ruleset != NULL);
     msre_rule **rules;
     int i, j, mode;
@@ -245,7 +243,6 @@ char *msre_ruleset_phase_rule_update_target_matching_exception(modsec_rec *msr,
 
 char *update_rule_target_ex(modsec_rec *msr, msre_ruleset *ruleset, msre_rule *rule, const char *p2,
         const char *p3)   {
-    assert(msr != NULL);
     assert(ruleset != NULL);
 
     msre_var **targets = NULL;
@@ -646,7 +643,10 @@ static char *msre_generate_target_string(apr_pool_t *pool, msre_rule *rule)  {
 /**
  * Generate an action string from an actionset.
  */
-static char *msre_actionset_generate_action_string(apr_pool_t *pool, const msre_actionset *actionset)  {
+#ifndef DEBUG_CONF
+static
+#endif
+char *msre_actionset_generate_action_string(apr_pool_t *pool, const msre_actionset *actionset)  {
     const apr_array_header_t *tarr = NULL;
     const apr_table_entry_t *telts = NULL;
     char *actions = NULL;
diff --git a/apache2/re.h b/apache2/re.h
index c0c54339..db6c1904 100644
--- a/apache2/re.h
+++ b/apache2/re.h
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ int DSOLOCAL rule_id_in_range(int ruleid, const char *range);
 msre_var DSOLOCAL *generate_single_var(modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *var, apr_array_header_t *tfn_arr,
     msre_rule *rule, apr_pool_t *mptmp);
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_CONF
+char DSOLOCAL* msre_actionset_generate_action_string(apr_pool_t* pool, const msre_actionset* actionset);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(WITH_LUA)
 apr_table_t DSOLOCAL *generate_multi_var(modsec_rec *msr, msre_var *var, apr_array_header_t *tfn_arr,
     msre_rule *rule, apr_pool_t *mptmp);