diff --git a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/compressed_file.cpp b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/compressed_file.cpp
index fc9aee8e0d..f3eec78a28 100644
--- a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/compressed_file.cpp
+++ b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/compressed_file.cpp
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ struct compressed_file_impl {
       }
    }
 
-   void seek( long loc, fc::cfile& file ) {
+   void seek( uint64_t loc, fc::cfile& file ) {
       if (initialized) {
          inflateEnd(&strm);
          initialized = false;
       }
 
-      long remaining = loc;
+      auto remaining = loc;
 
       // read in the seek point map
       file.seek_end(-expected_seek_point_count_size);
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct compressed_file_impl {
          file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(seek_point_map.data()), seek_point_map.size() * sizeof(seek_point_entry));
 
          // seek to the neareast seek point
-         auto iter = std::lower_bound(seek_point_map.begin(), seek_point_map.end(), (uint64_t)loc, []( const auto& lhs, const auto& rhs ){
+         auto iter = std::lower_bound(seek_point_map.begin(), seek_point_map.end(), loc, []( const auto& lhs, const auto& rhs ){
             return std::get<0>(lhs) < rhs;
          });
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ compressed_file::compressed_file( fc::path file_path )
 compressed_file::~compressed_file()
 {}
 
-void compressed_file::seek( long loc ) {
+void compressed_file::seek( uint64_t loc ) {
    impl->seek(loc, *file_ptr);
 
 }
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ bool compressed_file::process( const fc::path& input_path, const fc::path& outpu
    auto output_buffer = std::vector<uint8_t>(buffer_size);
 
    auto bytes_remaining_before_sync = seek_point_stride;
-   int next_sync_point = 0;
+   size_t next_sync_point = 0;
 
    // process a single chunk of input completely,
    // this may sometime loop multiple times if the compressor state combined with input data creates more than a
@@ -312,4 +312,4 @@ bool compressed_file::process( const fc::path& input_path, const fc::path& outpu
    return true;
 }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/compressed_file.hpp b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/compressed_file.hpp
index ebc2634a4c..c94582030b 100644
--- a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/compressed_file.hpp
+++ b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/include/eosio/trace_api/compressed_file.hpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace eosio::trace_api {
        * @throws std::ios_base::failure if this would seek past the end of the file
        * @throws compressed_file_error if the compressed data stream is corrupt or unreadable
        */
-      void seek( long loc );
+      void seek( uint64_t loc );
 
       /**
        * Read a given number of uncompressed bytes to the buffer pointed to by `d`.
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ namespace eosio::trace_api {
       using std::runtime_error::runtime_error;
    };
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/trace_api_plugin.cpp b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/trace_api_plugin.cpp
index 87c3dea18f..c3c37bd24d 100644
--- a/plugins/trace_api_plugin/trace_api_plugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/trace_api_plugin/trace_api_plugin.cpp
@@ -359,10 +359,6 @@ struct trace_api_plugin_impl {
    trace_api_plugin_impl( const std::shared_ptr<trace_api_common_impl>& common )
    :common(common) {}
 
-   static void set_program_options(appbase::options_description& cli, appbase::options_description& cfg) {
-      auto cfg_options = cfg.add_options();
-   }
-
    void plugin_initialize(const appbase::variables_map& options) {
       ilog("initializing trace api plugin");
       auto log_exceptions_and_shutdown = [](const exception_with_context& e) {
@@ -431,7 +427,6 @@ trace_api_plugin::~trace_api_plugin()
 
 void trace_api_plugin::set_program_options(appbase::options_description& cli, appbase::options_description& cfg) {
    trace_api_common_impl::set_program_options(cli, cfg);
-   trace_api_plugin_impl::set_program_options(cli, cfg);
    trace_api_rpc_plugin_impl::set_program_options(cli, cfg);
 }