diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/output.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/output.py
index 6ca27ba9a4..e88317c402 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/output.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/output.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class LRFOptions(object):
         self.use_metadata_cover = True
         self.output = output
         self.ignore_tables = opts.linearize_tables
-        self.base_font_size = 0
+        self.base_font_size = opts.base_font_size
         self.blank_after_para = opts.insert_blank_line
         self.use_spine = True
         self.font_delta = 0
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py
index 8dc8d31150..051395343d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/reader.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class MobiReader(object):
         root = html.fromstring(self.processed_html)
         if root.xpath('descendant::p/descendant::p'):
             from lxml.html import soupparser
-            self.log.warning('Malformed markup, parsing using BeatifulSoup')
+            self.log.warning('Malformed markup, parsing using BeautifulSoup')
             root = soupparser.fromstring(self.processed_html)
 
         if root.tag != 'html':