diff --git a/include/inspircd.h b/include/inspircd.h
index bdaa50b815..78b4b8988a 100644
--- a/include/inspircd.h
+++ b/include/inspircd.h
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ class CoreExport InspIRCd : public classbase
 
 	/** Return a time_t as a human-readable string.
 	 */
-	std::string TimeString(time_t curtime);
+	const std::string &TimeString(time_t curtime);
 
 	/** Begin execution of the server.
 	 * NOTE: this function NEVER returns. Internally,
diff --git a/src/commands/cmd_version.cpp b/src/commands/cmd_version.cpp
index 9cf4b7e90a..0f39dd530f 100644
--- a/src/commands/cmd_version.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/cmd_version.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ extern "C" DllExport Command* init_command(InspIRCd* Instance)
 
 CmdResult CommandVersion::Handle (const std::vector<std::string>&, User *user)
 {
-	user->WriteNumeric(RPL_VERSION, "%s :%s",user->nick.c_str(),ServerInstance->GetVersionString().c_str());
+	std::string ver = ServerInstance->GetVersionString();
+	user->WriteNumeric(RPL_VERSION, "%s :%s",user->nick.c_str(),ver.c_str());
 	ServerInstance->Config->Send005(user);
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/src/helperfuncs.cpp b/src/helperfuncs.cpp
index f5746a3953..aca19d374a 100644
--- a/src/helperfuncs.cpp
+++ b/src/helperfuncs.cpp
@@ -435,9 +435,11 @@ bool InspIRCd::SilentULine(const char* sserver)
 	else return false;
 }
 
-std::string InspIRCd::TimeString(time_t curtime)
+const std::string &InspIRCd::TimeString(time_t curtime)
 {
-	return std::string(ctime(&curtime),24);
+	static std::string buf;
+	buf.assign(ctime(&curtime), 24);
+	return buf;
 }
 
 // You should only pass a single character to this.
diff --git a/src/modules/extra/m_ldapauth.cpp b/src/modules/extra/m_ldapauth.cpp
index 6a408d4c59..7429449d1d 100644
--- a/src/modules/extra/m_ldapauth.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/extra/m_ldapauth.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ class ModuleLDAPAuth : public Module
 			size_t pos = user->password.find(":");
 			if (pos != std::string::npos)
 			{
-				res = ldap_search_ext_s(conn, base.c_str(), searchscope, user->password.substr(0, pos).c_str(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &msg);
+				std::string user_password = user->password.substr(0, pos);
+				res = ldap_search_ext_s(conn, base.c_str(), searchscope, user_password.c_str(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &msg);
 
 				if (res)
 				{
diff --git a/src/modules/m_censor.cpp b/src/modules/m_censor.cpp
index 8d1e5d7497..739837f7d7 100644
--- a/src/modules/m_censor.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/m_censor.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ class ModuleCensor : public Module
 
 		for (int index = 0; index < MyConf->Enumerate("badword"); index++)
 		{
-			irc::string pattern = (MyConf->ReadValue("badword","text",index)).c_str();
-			irc::string replace = (MyConf->ReadValue("badword","replace",index)).c_str();
+			irc::string pattern = assign(MyConf->ReadValue("badword","text",index));
+			irc::string replace = assign(MyConf->ReadValue("badword","replace",index));
 			censors[pattern] = replace;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/modules/m_kicknorejoin.cpp b/src/modules/m_kicknorejoin.cpp
index f4e7eab8ca..3cc572fbb4 100644
--- a/src/modules/m_kicknorejoin.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/m_kicknorejoin.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ class ModuleKickNoRejoin : public Module
 					{
 						if (iter->first == user)
 						{
-							user->WriteNumeric(ERR_DELAYREJOIN, "%s %s :You must wait %s seconds after being kicked to rejoin (+J)", user->nick.c_str(), chan->name.c_str(), chan->GetModeParameter('J').c_str());
+							std::string modeparam = chan->GetModeParameter('J');
+							user->WriteNumeric(ERR_DELAYREJOIN, "%s %s :You must wait %s seconds after being kicked to rejoin (+J)", user->nick.c_str(), chan->name.c_str(), modeparam.c_str());
 							return 1;
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/src/modules/m_silence.cpp b/src/modules/m_silence.cpp
index 7d6cacb403..154983e7b5 100644
--- a/src/modules/m_silence.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/m_silence.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class CommandSilence : public Command
 			{
 				for (silencelist::const_iterator c = sl->begin(); c != sl->end(); c++)
 				{
-					user->WriteNumeric(271, "%s %s %s %s",user->nick.c_str(), user->nick.c_str(),c->first.c_str(), DecompPattern(c->second).c_str());
+					std::string pattern = DecompPattern(c->second);
+					user->WriteNumeric(271, "%s %s %s %s",user->nick.c_str(), user->nick.c_str(),c->first.c_str(), pattern.c_str());
 				}
 			}
 			user->WriteNumeric(272, "%s :End of Silence List",user->nick.c_str());