diff --git a/resolve/LinSolverIterativeRandFGMRES.cpp b/resolve/LinSolverIterativeRandFGMRES.cpp
index d7d21cc82..d547f34e4 100644
--- a/resolve/LinSolverIterativeRandFGMRES.cpp
+++ b/resolve/LinSolverIterativeRandFGMRES.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ namespace ReSolve
       if (is_flexible) {
         vec_Z_ = new vector_type(n_, restart_ + 1);
       } else {
-        // otherwise Z is just a one vector, not multivector and we dont keep it
+        // otherwise Z is just one vector, not a multivector and we don't keep it
         vec_Z_ = new vector_type(n_);
       }
       vec_Z_->allocate(memspace_);
diff --git a/resolve/cpu/CpuMemory.hpp b/resolve/cpu/CpuMemory.hpp
index e481be973..c9f01c1d0 100644
--- a/resolve/cpu/CpuMemory.hpp
+++ b/resolve/cpu/CpuMemory.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
-
+#include <cassert>
 #include <resolve/utilities/logger/Logger.hpp>
 
+
 namespace ReSolve
 {
   namespace memory
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ namespace ReSolve
       static int deleteOnDevice(void* /* v */)
       {
         ReSolve::io::Logger::error() << "Trying to delete on a GPU device, but GPU support not available.\n";
+        assert(false && "Trying to delete on a GPU device, but GPU support not available.");
         return -1;
       }
 
diff --git a/resolve/vector/Vector.cpp b/resolve/vector/Vector.cpp
index 368bbe131..374a22e1c 100644
--- a/resolve/vector/Vector.cpp
+++ b/resolve/vector/Vector.cpp
@@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ namespace ReSolve { namespace vector {
    */
   int Vector::resize(index_type new_n_size)
   {
-    assert(owns_cpu_data_ && owns_gpu_data_ 
-           && "Cannot resize if vector is not owning the data.");
+    assert(owns_cpu_data_ || owns_gpu_data_ 
+           && "Cannot resize if vector does not own data.");
 
     if (new_n_size > n_capacity_) {
       out::error() << "Trying to resize vector to " << new_n_size 
diff --git a/resolve/vector/Vector.hpp b/resolve/vector/Vector.hpp
index 9a17f2bc4..8da10c655 100644
--- a/resolve/vector/Vector.hpp
+++ b/resolve/vector/Vector.hpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace ReSolve { namespace vector {
       bool gpu_updated_{false}; ///< DEVICE data flag (updated or not)
       bool cpu_updated_{false}; ///< HOST data flag (updated or not)
 
-      bool owns_gpu_data_{true}; ///< data owneship flag for DEVICE data
+      bool owns_gpu_data_{false}; ///< data owneship flag for DEVICE data
       bool owns_cpu_data_{true}; ///< data ownership flag for HOST data
 
       MemoryHandler mem_; ///< Device memory manager object
diff --git a/tests/functionality/testRandGmres.cpp b/tests/functionality/testRandGmres.cpp
index 631e8a512..7b047868b 100644
--- a/tests/functionality/testRandGmres.cpp
+++ b/tests/functionality/testRandGmres.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ int runTest(int argc, char *argv[])
   vector_type* vec_rhs = generateRhs(n, memspace);
 
   vector_type vec_x(A->getNumRows());
-  vec_x.allocate(memory::HOST);
   vec_x.allocate(memspace);
   vec_x.setToZero(memspace);