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diff --git a/gcrypt.c b/gcrypt.c
index 705d0d87..694c0adb 100644
--- a/gcrypt.c
+++ b/gcrypt.c
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ void crypt_init(void)
 			req_ver, gcry_check_version(NULL));
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocate a pool of secure memory. This also drops privileges where
+	 * needed.
+	 */
+	gcry_control(GCRYCTL_INIT_SECMEM, 65536, 0);
+
+	/* Tell Libgcrypt that initialization has completed. */
+	gcry_control(GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED, 0);
+
 	get_random_bytes_or_die((unsigned char *)&seed, sizeof(seed));
 	srandom(seed);
 }
@@ -227,7 +237,7 @@ static int read_bignum(unsigned char *start, unsigned char *end, gcry_mpi_t *bn,
 	PARA_DEBUG_LOG("bn_size %d (0x%x)\n", bn_size, (unsigned)bn_size);
 	gret = gcry_mpi_scan(bn, GCRYMPI_FMT_STD, cp, bn_size, NULL);
 	if (gret) {
-		PARA_ERROR_LOG("%s while scanning n\n",
+		PARA_ERROR_LOG("gcry_mpi_scan: %s\n",
 			gcry_strerror(gcry_err_code(gret)));
 		return-E_MPI_SCAN;
 	}