diff --git a/common/cli/eqemu_command_handler.cpp b/common/cli/eqemu_command_handler.cpp
index 79e87dfd8..6c08edeff 100644
--- a/common/cli/eqemu_command_handler.cpp
+++ b/common/cli/eqemu_command_handler.cpp
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ namespace EQEmuCommand {
 
 		if (!arguments_filled || argc == 2) {
 			std::string arguments_string;
-			for (auto   &arg : arguments) {
+			for (auto &arg : arguments) {
 				arguments_string += "  " + arg + "=*\n";
 			}
 
 			std::string options_string;
-			for (auto   &opt : options) {
+			for (auto &opt : options) {
 				options_string += "  " + opt + "\n";
 			}
 
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
index 87d4465b4..d35592aa4 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::Out(
 	const char *file,
 	const char *func,
 	int line,
-	const std::string &message,
+	const char *message,
 	...
 )
 {
@@ -470,10 +470,9 @@ void EQEmuLogSys::Out(
 		prefix = fmt::format("[{0}::{1}:{2}] ", base_file_name(file), func, line);
 	}
 
-	auto    msg_cstr = message.c_str();
 	va_list args;
-	va_start(args, msg_cstr);
-	std::string output_message = vStringFormat(msg_cstr, args);
+	va_start(args, message);
+	std::string output_message = vStringFormat(message, args);
 	va_end(args);
 
 	std::string output_debug_message = EQEmuLogSys::FormatOutMessageString(log_category, prefix + output_message);
diff --git a/common/eqemu_logsys.h b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
index f3c48ae88..f2c68c09b 100644
--- a/common/eqemu_logsys.h
+++ b/common/eqemu_logsys.h
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ public:
 		const char *file,
 		const char *func,
 		int line,
-		const std::string &message,
+		const char *message,
 		...
 	);
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ void OutF(
 )
 {
 	std::string log_str = fmt::format(fmt, args...);
-	ls.Out(debug_level, log_category, file, func, line, log_str);
+	ls.Out(debug_level, log_category, file, func, line, log_str.c_str());
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/loginserver/loginserver_command_handler.cpp b/loginserver/loginserver_command_handler.cpp
index e4a316a5f..68cd3ea5d 100644
--- a/loginserver/loginserver_command_handler.cpp
+++ b/loginserver/loginserver_command_handler.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace LoginserverCommandHandler {
 
 		std::vector<std::string> arguments = {
 			"--username",
-			"--password"
+			"--password",
 			"--email"
 		};
 		std::vector<std::string> options   = {};
diff --git a/zone/embparser_api.cpp b/zone/embparser_api.cpp
index bdb190e9c..cf2feabcf 100644
--- a/zone/embparser_api.cpp
+++ b/zone/embparser_api.cpp
@@ -3618,11 +3618,11 @@ XS(XS__debug) {
 			return;
 
 		if (debug_level == Logs::General) {
-			Log(Logs::General, Logs::QuestDebug, log_message);
+			Log(Logs::General, Logs::QuestDebug, log_message.c_str());
 		} else if (debug_level == Logs::Moderate) {
-			Log(Logs::Moderate, Logs::QuestDebug, log_message);
+			Log(Logs::Moderate, Logs::QuestDebug, log_message.c_str());
 		} else if (debug_level == Logs::Detail) {
-			Log(Logs::Detail, Logs::QuestDebug, log_message);
+			Log(Logs::Detail, Logs::QuestDebug, log_message.c_str());
 		}
 	}
 	XSRETURN_EMPTY;
diff --git a/zone/lua_general.cpp b/zone/lua_general.cpp
index ef9180b68..295fa260e 100644
--- a/zone/lua_general.cpp
+++ b/zone/lua_general.cpp
@@ -1368,14 +1368,14 @@ double lua_clock() {
 }
 
 void lua_debug(std::string message) {
-	Log(Logs::General, Logs::QuestDebug, message);
+	Log(Logs::General, Logs::QuestDebug, message.c_str());
 }
 
 void lua_debug(std::string message, int level) {
 	if (level < Logs::General || level > Logs::Detail)
 		return;
 
-	Log(static_cast<Logs::DebugLevel>(level), Logs::QuestDebug, message);
+	Log(static_cast<Logs::DebugLevel>(level), Logs::QuestDebug, message.c_str());
 }
 
 void lua_update_zone_header(std::string type, std::string value) {