diff --git a/coreapi/account_creator.c b/coreapi/account_creator.c
index d0106862e..8c2c4ce14 100644
--- a/coreapi/account_creator.c
+++ b/coreapi/account_creator.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ LinphoneAccountCreatorStatus linphone_account_creator_set_phone_number(LinphoneA
 		}
 	} else {
 		LinphoneProxyConfig *numCfg = linphone_proxy_config_new();
-		linphone_proxy_config_set_dial_prefix(numCfg, country_code);
+		linphone_proxy_config_set_dial_prefix(numCfg, country_code[0] == '+' ? &country_code[1] : country_code);
 		normalized_phone_number = linphone_proxy_config_normalize_phone_number(numCfg, phone_number);
 		linphone_proxy_config_destroy(numCfg);
 		if (!normalized_phone_number) {
diff --git a/coreapi/xmlrpc.c b/coreapi/xmlrpc.c
index 636620ab9..1551cd7ed 100644
--- a/coreapi/xmlrpc.c
+++ b/coreapi/xmlrpc.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ end:
 }
 
 static void notify_xml_rpc_error(LinphoneXmlRpcRequest *request) {
-	request->status = LinphoneXmlRpcStatusOk;
+	request->status = LinphoneXmlRpcStatusFailed;
 	if (request->callbacks->response != NULL) {
 		request->callbacks->response(request);
 	}