diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b069eff..411013d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ all: refloat.vescpkg
 
 refloat.vescpkg: src lisp/package.lisp package_README-gen.md ui.qml
 ifeq ($(OLDVT), 1)
-	$(VESC_TOOL) --buildPkg "refloat.vescpkg:lisp/package.lisp:ui.qml:0:package_README-gen.md:Refloat"
+	"$(VESC_TOOL)" --buildPkg "refloat.vescpkg:lisp/package.lisp:ui.qml:0:package_README-gen.md:Refloat"
 else
-	$(VESC_TOOL) --buildPkgFromDesc pkgdesc.qml
+	"$(VESC_TOOL)" --buildPkgFromDesc pkgdesc.qml
 endif
 
 src:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47a5f28..ca4d0f4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ If you don't have `vesc_tool` in your `$PATH` (but you have, for example, a down
 ```sh
 make VESC_TOOL=/path/to/vesc_tool
 ```
+For macOS, the path to VESC Tool when installed using the official installer is as follows:
+```sh
+make VESC_TOOL="/Applications/VESC Tool.app/Contents/MacOS/VESC Tool"
+```
 
 ## Documentation
 [Development Documentation](doc/index.md)
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 079485c..91fed29 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ const VESC_PIN beeper_pin = VESC_PIN_PPM;
 
 void beeper_init() {
     VESC_IF->io_set_mode(beeper_pin, VESC_PIN_MODE_OUTPUT);
+    VESC_IF->io_write(beeper_pin, 0);
 }
 
 void beeper_update(Data *d) {
@@ -1232,6 +1233,10 @@ static void data_init(Data *d) {
     );
 
     d->odometer = VESC_IF->mc_get_odometer();
+
+    d->beep_num_left = 0;
+    d->beep_duration = 0;
+    d->beep_countdown = 0;
 }
 
 // See also: