diff --git a/src/bridge.c b/src/bridge.c
index bd4d123..2ca0ae8 100644
--- a/src/bridge.c
+++ b/src/bridge.c
@@ -98,10 +98,28 @@ static int populate(void)
 		return -1;
 
 	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
-		char br[5], port[16], group[64], opt[10];
-		int vid, n;
+		char br[5], port[16], group[64];
+		char *tok, *dst;
+		int vid = 0;
+
+		for (tok = strtok(buf, " \t"); tok; tok = strtok(NULL, " \t")) {
+			if (!strcmp(tok, "dev")) {
+				dst = br;
+			} else if (!strcmp(tok, "port")) {
+				dst = port;
+			} else if (!strcmp(tok, "grp")) {
+				dst = group;
+			} else if (!strcmp(tok, "vid")) {
+				tok = strtok(NULL, " \t");
+				vid = strtol(tok, NULL, 10);
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				continue;
+			}
 
-		n = sscanf(buf, "dev %s port %s grp %s %s vid %d", br, port, group, opt, &vid);
+			tok = strtok(NULL, " \t");
+			strcpy(dst, tok);
+		}
 
 		/* XXX: Filter out IPv6 and MAC for now ... */
 		if (strchr(group, ':'))
diff --git a/src/pev.c b/src/pev.c
index 17cbf15..1aaa28a 100644
--- a/src/pev.c
+++ b/src/pev.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct pev {
 
 	int id;
 	char type;
-	char active;
+	signed char active;
 
 	union {
 		int sd;