diff --git a/cpp/QrCode.cpp b/cpp/QrCode.cpp
index 3e3e5ab..deac175 100644
--- a/cpp/QrCode.cpp
+++ b/cpp/QrCode.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ std::string qrcodegen::QrCode::toSvgString(int border) const {
 	sb << "<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd\">\n";
 	sb << "<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 ";
 	sb << (size + border * 2) << " " << (size + border * 2) << "\">\n";
-	sb << "\t<rect width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" fill=\"#FFFFFF\" stroke-width=\"0\"/>\n"
+	sb << "\t<rect width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" fill=\"#FFFFFF\" stroke-width=\"0\"/>\n";
 	sb << "\t<path d=\"";
 	bool head = true;
 	for (int y = -border; y < size + border; y++) {
diff --git a/python/qrcodegen.py b/python/qrcodegen.py
index 59d2338..0464c0f 100644
--- a/python/qrcodegen.py
+++ b/python/qrcodegen.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class QrCode(object):
 	
 	# ---- Public static factory functions ----
 	
+	@staticmethod
 	def encode_text(text, ecl):
 		"""Returns a QR Code symbol representing the given Unicode text string at the given error correction level.
 		As a conservative upper bound, this function is guaranteed to succeed for strings that have 738 or fewer Unicode
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ class QrCode(object):
 		return QrCode.encode_segments(segs, ecl)
 	
 	
+	@staticmethod
 	def encode_binary(data, ecl):
 		"""Returns a QR Code symbol representing the given binary data string at the given error correction level.
 		This function always encodes using the binary segment mode, not any text mode. The maximum number of