diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
index b8e597b8aa..85ed00125a 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ class entity_instance_mixin:
         INVALID, FORWARD, INVERSE, DERIVED = range(4)
         attr_cat = self.get_attribute_category(name)
         if attr_cat == INVALID:
-            raise AttributeError(
-                "entity instance of type '%s' has no attribute '%s'" % (self.is_a(True), name)
-            )
+            raise AttributeError("entity instance of type '%s' has no attribute '%s'" % (self.is_a(True), name))
         elif attr_cat == FORWARD:
             idx = self.get_argument_index(name)
             return self.get_argument(idx)
diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
index f0055bb8c0..88630e6a12 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ struct ShapeRTTI : public boost::static_visitor<PyObject*>
 			
 			auto prodrep = product.Representation();
 			auto reps = prodrep.Representations();
-			auto ifc_representation = representation ? representation.as<typename Schema::IfcRepresentation>() : Schema::IfcRepresentation();
+			auto ifc_representation = representation ? representation.as<typename Schema::IfcRepresentation>() : typename Schema::IfcRepresentation();
 			
 			if (!ifc_representation) {
 				// First, try to find a representation based on the settings