diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4fb4456b..4d538bce 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ endif
 
 rubydeps = []
 if conf_data.get('CONFIG_SCRIPTING_RUBY')
-    rubydeps = dependency('ruby-2.6')
+    rubydeps = dependency('ruby')
     deps += rubydeps
 endif
 
diff --git a/src/scripting/ruby/core.c b/src/scripting/ruby/core.c
index 63ea51af..09af5379 100644
--- a/src/scripting/ruby/core.c
+++ b/src/scripting/ruby/core.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ init_ruby(struct module *module)
 	if (!path) return;
 
 	if (file_can_read(path)) {
-		int error;
+		int error = 0;
 
 		/* Load ~/.elinks/hooks.rb into the interpreter. */
 		//rb_load_file(path);