diff --git a/lib/RowChecksum.pm b/lib/RowChecksum.pm
index 3bdd0b66..3d095b5e 100644
--- a/lib/RowChecksum.pm
+++ b/lib/RowChecksum.pm
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ sub _get_hash_func {
    }
    my ($dbh) = @args{@required_args};
    my $o     = $self->{OptionParser};
-   my @funcs = qw(CRC32 FNV1A_64 FNV_64 MD5 SHA1);
+   my @funcs = qw(CRC32 FNV1A_64 FNV_64 MURMUR_HASH MD5 SHA1);
 
    if ( my $func = $o->get('function') ) {
       unshift @funcs, $func;
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ sub _get_hash_func {
       PTDEBUG && _d('Chosen hash func:', $result);
       return $func;
    }
-   die $error || 'No hash functions (CRC32, MD5, etc.) are available';
+   die($error || 'No hash functions (CRC32, MD5, etc.) are available');
 }
 
 # Returns how wide/long, in characters, a CRC function is.