diff --git a/pydust/src/functions.zig b/pydust/src/functions.zig
index c67befa4..2ccf6496 100644
--- a/pydust/src/functions.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/functions.zig
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ fn sigArgs(comptime sig: Signature) ![]const []const u8 {
         const fields = @typeInfo(Args).Struct.fields;
 
         var inKwargs = false;
+        var inVarargs = false;
         for (fields) |field| {
             if (field.default_value) |def| {
                 // We have a kwarg
@@ -503,12 +504,19 @@ fn sigArgs(comptime sig: Signature) ![]const []const u8 {
 
                 try sigargs.append(std.fmt.comptimePrint("{s}={s}", .{ field.name, valueToStr(field.type, def) }));
             } else if (field.type == py.Args) {
+                if (!inVarargs) {
+                    inVarargs = true;
+                    // Marker for end of positional only args
+                    try sigargs.append("/");
+                }
                 try sigargs.append(std.fmt.comptimePrint("*{s}", .{field.name}));
             } else if (field.type == py.Kwargs) {
                 if (!inKwargs) {
                     inKwargs = true;
-                    // Marker for end of positional only args
-                    try sigargs.append("/");
+                    if (!inVarargs) {
+                        // Marker for end of positional only args unless varargs (*args) is present
+                        try sigargs.append("/");
+                    }
                     // Note: we don't mark the start of keyword only args since that's implied by **.
                     // See https://bugs.python.org/issue2613
                 }
diff --git a/pydust/src/modules.zig b/pydust/src/modules.zig
index 47db6ffa..b1eebd85 100644
--- a/pydust/src/modules.zig
+++ b/pydust/src/modules.zig
@@ -53,15 +53,7 @@ pub fn Module(comptime name: [:0]const u8, comptime definition: type) type {
         pub fn init() !py.PyObject {
             const pyModuleDef = try py.allocator.create(ffi.PyModuleDef);
             pyModuleDef.* = ffi.PyModuleDef{
-                .m_base = ffi.PyModuleDef_Base{
-                    .ob_base = @bitCast(CPyObject{
-                        .ob_refcnt = 1,
-                        .ob_type = null,
-                    }),
-                    .m_init = null,
-                    .m_index = 0,
-                    .m_copy = null,
-                },
+                .m_base = std.mem.zeroes(ffi.PyModuleDef_Base),
                 .m_name = name.ptr,
                 .m_doc = if (doc) |d| d.ptr else null,
                 .m_size = @sizeOf(definition),
@@ -71,6 +63,11 @@ pub fn Module(comptime name: [:0]const u8, comptime definition: type) type {
                 .m_clear = null,
                 .m_free = if (@hasDecl(definition, "__del__")) &Fns.free else null,
             };
+
+            // Set reference count to 1 so that it is not freed.
+            const local_obj: *CPyObject = @ptrCast(&pyModuleDef.m_base.ob_base);
+            local_obj.ob_refcnt = 1;
+
             return .{ .py = ffi.PyModuleDef_Init(pyModuleDef) orelse return PyError.PyRaised };
         }
     };
diff --git a/test/test_functions.py b/test/test_functions.py
index 5e9d9b36..4df32cc6 100644
--- a/test/test_functions.py
+++ b/test/test_functions.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_variadic():
         functions.variadic()
     assert str(exc_info.value) == "Expected 1 arg"
 
-    assert functions.variadic.__text_signature__ == "(hello, *args, /, **kwargs)"
+    assert functions.variadic.__text_signature__ == "(hello, /, *args, **kwargs)"
     assert inspect.signature(functions.variadic) == inspect.Signature(
         [
             inspect.Parameter("hello", kind=inspect._ParameterKind.POSITIONAL_ONLY),