diff --git a/openbr/openbr_plugin.h b/openbr/openbr_plugin.h
index 3b62676..6472337 100644
--- a/openbr/openbr_plugin.h
+++ b/openbr/openbr_plugin.h
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ struct Factory
             else    qFatal("%s registry does not contain object named: %s", qPrintable(baseClassName()), qPrintable(name));
         }
         T *object = registry->value(name)->_make();
-        object->init(file);
+        static_cast<Object*>(object)->init(file);
         return object;
     }
     //! [Factory make]
diff --git a/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp b/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp
index fecc52b..7d61341 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/meta.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ class ContractTransform : public UntrainableMetaTransform
         foreach (const Template & t, src) {
             out.merge(t);
         }
+        out.file.clearRects();
+        foreach (const Template & t, src) {
+            if (!t.file.rects().empty())
+                out.file.appendRects(t.file.rects());
+        }
         dst.clear();
         dst.append(out);
     }