diff --git a/datapoolglob/GlobalPoolVector.h b/datapoolglob/GlobalPoolVector.h
index 8d2488ea..63536934 100644
--- a/datapoolglob/GlobalPoolVector.h
+++ b/datapoolglob/GlobalPoolVector.h
@@ -220,4 +220,7 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
+template<typename T, uint16_t vectorSize>
+using gp_vec_t = GlobPoolVector<T, vectorSize>;
+
 #endif /* POOLVECTOR_H_ */
diff --git a/objectmanager/ObjectManager.cpp b/objectmanager/ObjectManager.cpp
index 2f99e1a5..1912715d 100644
--- a/objectmanager/ObjectManager.cpp
+++ b/objectmanager/ObjectManager.cpp
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ void ObjectManager::initialize() {
 		return_value = it->second->initialize();
 		if ( return_value != RETURN_OK ) {
 			object_id_t var = it->first;
-			sif::error << "Object " << std::hex <<  (int) var
-			        << " failed to initialize with code 0x" << return_value
-			        << std::dec << std::endl;
+			sif::error << "Object 0x" << std::hex <<  std::setw(8) <<
+					std::setfill('0')<< var << " failed to initialize " <<
+					"with code 0x" << return_value << std::dec << std::endl;
 			error_count++;
 		}
 	}