diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 88c2d95b..d24d5984 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ static void minify_string(char **input, char **output) {
             *input += static_strlen("\"");
             *output += static_strlen("\"");
             return;
-        } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] == '\"')) {
+        } else if (((*input)[0] == '\\') && ((*input)[1] != '\0')) {
             (*output)[1] = (*input)[1];
             *input += static_strlen("\"");
             *output += static_strlen("\"");
diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 8fa24f8e..233799f1 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void decode_pointer_inplace(unsigned char *string)
             }
             else if (string[1] == '1')
             {
-                decoded_string[1] = '/';
+                decoded_string[0] = '/';
             }
             else
             {
@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ static void decode_pointer_inplace(unsigned char *string)
 
             string++;
         }
+        else
+        {
+            decoded_string[0] = string[0];
+        }
     }
 
     decoded_string[0] = '\0';