diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQParts.h b/fairmq/FairMQParts.h
index dd15bfc7..e499c836 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQParts.h
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQParts.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class FairMQParts
 {
   public:
     /// Default constructor
-    FairMQParts() {};
+    FairMQParts() : fParts() {};
     /// Copy Constructor
     FairMQParts(const FairMQParts&) = delete;
     /// Assignment operator
diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQStateMachine.h b/fairmq/FairMQStateMachine.h
index f584a9a6..0285a5fa 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQStateMachine.h
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQStateMachine.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ _Pragma("clang diagnostic ignored \"-Wnon-virtual-dtor\"")
 #elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
 _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push")
 _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wnon-virtual-dtor\"")
+_Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Weffc++\"")
 #endif
 
 // defining the boost MSM state machine
diff --git a/fairmq/logger/logger.h b/fairmq/logger/logger.h
index fc31b99c..ad090ff2 100644
--- a/fairmq/logger/logger.h
+++ b/fairmq/logger/logger.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef LOGGER_H
 #define	LOGGER_H
 
+
 #define BOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK 1 // necessary when linking the boost_log library dynamically
 #define FUSION_MAX_VECTOR_SIZE 20
 
@@ -81,12 +82,21 @@ void set_global_log_level(  log_op::operation op=log_op::GREATER_EQ_THAN,
                             custom_severity_level threshold=SEVERITY_THRESHOLD );
 void set_global_log_level_operation(  log_op::operation op=log_op::GREATER_EQ_THAN, 
                             custom_severity_level threshold=SEVERITY_THRESHOLD );
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Weffc++"
+#endif
+
 // register a global logger (declaration)
 BOOST_LOG_GLOBAL_LOGGER(global_logger, boost::log::sources::severity_logger_mt<custom_severity_level>)
 
 BOOST_LOG_ATTRIBUTE_KEYWORD(fairmq_logger_timestamp, "TimeStamp", boost::posix_time::ptime)
 BOOST_LOG_ATTRIBUTE_KEYWORD(severity, "Severity", custom_severity_level)        
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 template<typename T>
 void init_log_formatter(const boost::log::record_view &view, boost::log::formatting_ostream &os)
diff --git a/fairmq/options/FairProgOptionsHelper.h b/fairmq/options/FairProgOptionsHelper.h
index 015f7bad..12d34689 100644
--- a/fairmq/options/FairProgOptionsHelper.h
+++ b/fairmq/options/FairProgOptionsHelper.h
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ namespace fairmq
         return valueStr;
     }
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Weffc++"
+#endif
     //_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
     // policy to convert boost variable value into string
     struct ToString
@@ -231,6 +235,9 @@ namespace fairmq
 
     };
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 
 };
diff --git a/fairmq/tools/FairMQTools.h b/fairmq/tools/FairMQTools.h
index d543ee3f..158c98c0 100644
--- a/fairmq/tools/FairMQTools.h
+++ b/fairmq/tools/FairMQTools.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ int getHostIPs(map<string, string>& addressMap)
     return 0;
 }
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Weffc++"
+#endif
 // below are SFINAE template functions to check for function member signatures of class
 namespace details
 {
@@ -111,6 +115,9 @@ struct has_BindGetCurrentIndex
 
 
 } // end namespace details
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__GNUG__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
 // Alias template of the above structs
 template<class T, class Sig>