diff --git a/library/include/dfhack/modules/Items.h b/library/include/dfhack/modules/Items.h
index 3810e6037..8940b6c95 100644
--- a/library/include/dfhack/modules/Items.h
+++ b/library/include/dfhack/modules/Items.h
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef CL_MOD_ITEMS
 #define CL_MOD_ITEMS
 
-/*
- * DEPRECATED, DO NOT USE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!
- **/
-
 /*
 * Creatures
 */
diff --git a/library/modules/Items.cpp b/library/modules/Items.cpp
index 265677c8d..c381184d8 100644
--- a/library/modules/Items.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Items.cpp
@@ -262,8 +262,17 @@ Items::Items(DFContextShared * d_)
     d->d = d_;
     d->owner = d_->p;
 }
-bool Items::Start(){return true;}
-bool Items::Finish(){return true;}
+
+bool Items::Start()
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool Items::Finish()
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 Items::~Items()
 {
     Finish();
@@ -285,10 +294,10 @@ bool Items::getItemData(uint32_t itemptr, DFHack::t_item &item)
     Process * p = d->owner;
     ItemDesc * desc;
 
-    it = d->descVTable.find(itemptr);
-    if(it==d->descVTable.end())
+    uint32_t vtable = p->readDWord(itemptr);
+    it = d->descVTable.find(vtable);
+    if(it == d->descVTable.end())
     {
-        uint32_t vtable = p->readDWord(itemptr);
         desc = new ItemDesc(vtable, p);
         d->descVTable[vtable] = desc;
         d->descType[desc->mainType] = desc;
@@ -305,7 +314,7 @@ std::string Items::getItemClass(int32_t index)
     std::string out;
 
     it = d->descType.find(index);
-    if(it==d->descType.end())
+    if(it == d->descType.end())
     {
         /* these are dummy values for mood decoding */
         switch(index)
diff --git a/tools/examples/dfitemdump.cpp b/tools/examples/dfitemdump.cpp
index eff18dcdb..7633a243a 100644
--- a/tools/examples/dfitemdump.cpp
+++ b/tools/examples/dfitemdump.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
  * dumps vtables, items types and class name for all items in game
  * best used this way : ./dfitemdump | sort -ug
  */
+
+// THIS IS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE!
+// ... just look at all the magic numbers.
+// I'm not fixing it though.
+// ~px
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
diff --git a/tools/supported/vdig.cpp b/tools/supported/vdig.cpp
index 80cab23e7..07e17cc3d 100644
--- a/tools/supported/vdig.cpp
+++ b/tools/supported/vdig.cpp
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@ using namespace std;
 class Point
 {
     public:
-    Point(uint32_t x, uint32_t y, uint32_t z)
-    {
-        this->x = x;
-        this->y = y;
-        this->z = z;
-    }
+    Point(uint32_t _x, uint32_t _y, uint32_t _z):x(_x),y(_y),z(_z) {}
     Point()
     {
         x = y = z = 0;