diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/Histotable.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/Histotable.java
index 8e28adb1..9e998e51 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/Histotable.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/archive/util/Histotable.java
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public class Histotable<K> extends TreeMap<K,Long> {
                 if (firstVal < secondVal) { return 1; }
                 if (secondVal < firstVal) { return -1; }
                 // If the values are the same, sort by keys.
-                String firstKey = (String) ((Map.Entry<K,Long>) e1).getKey();
-                String secondKey = (String) ((Map.Entry<K,Long>) e2).getKey();
+                String firstKey = ((Map.Entry<K,Long>) e1).getKey().toString();
+                String secondKey = ((Map.Entry<K,Long>) e2).getKey().toString();
                 return firstKey.compareTo(secondKey);
             }
         });
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/ToePool.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/ToePool.java
index 38a5e03e..d871fbba 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/ToePool.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/ToePool.java
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public class ToePool extends ThreadGroup implements MultiReporter {
             }
             ToeThread tt = (ToeThread)toes[i];
             if(tt!=null) {
-                steps.tally(tt.getStep());
+                steps.tally(tt.getStep().toString());
                 processors.tally(tt.getCurrentProcessorName());
             }
         }