diff --git a/README b/README
index 333c01a..513188d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -154,11 +154,10 @@ demand-paging and virtual filesystem layer. Different from most other posix-like
 systems, it is based on a microkernel design. This makes it possible to use it
 also as a base for implementing or running other operating systems. It has a
 cleanly separated set of system services, it is small and well-focused. Its
-design is carefully thought out, so it's not simply a mock-up implementation of
-the existing POSIX API. Its source code is also freely available (See LICENSE
-heading). For these reasons it is a good candidate as systems software to be
-used on embedded platforms. Currently it has little or no users, therefore
-compared to systems with a saturated user base project developers are available
-to tailor it rapidly towards the needs of any interested users.
+design is carefully thought out, so it's not simply a quick and dirty
+implementation of the POSIX API. Its source code is also freely available (See
+LICENSE heading for details). For these reasons it is a good candidate to be
+used as systems software on embedded platforms. Currently it has little or no
+users, therefore it can be easily adopted for any first users' needs.
 
 
diff --git a/src/api/thread.c b/src/api/thread.c
index ef927f8..196a5f7 100644
--- a/src/api/thread.c
+++ b/src/api/thread.c
@@ -195,9 +195,8 @@ out:
 int sys_thread_control(syscall_context_t *regs)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
-	u32 *reg = (u32 *)regs;
-	unsigned int flags = reg[0];
-	struct task_ids *ids = (struct task_ids *)reg[1];
+	unsigned int flags = regs->r0;
+	struct task_ids *ids = (struct task_ids *)regs->r1;
 
 	switch (flags & THREAD_ACTION_MASK) {
 	case THREAD_CREATE: