diff --git a/engine/common/con_utils.c b/engine/common/con_utils.c
index aad0b289..34f13460 100644
--- a/engine/common/con_utils.c
+++ b/engine/common/con_utils.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ qboolean Cmd_GetSavesList( const char *s, char *completedname, int length )
 	string		matchbuf;
 	int		i, numsaves;
 
-	t = FS_Search( va( "%s%s*.sav", DEFAULT_SAVE_DIRECTORY, s ), true, true );	// lookup only in gamedir
+	t = FS_Search( va( DEFAULT_SAVE_DIRECTORY "%s*.sav", s ), true, true );	// lookup only in gamedir
 	if( !t ) return false;
 
 	COM_FileBase( t->filenames[0], matchbuf );
diff --git a/engine/common/crashhandler.c b/engine/common/crashhandler.c
index fac7474a..3c638b47 100644
--- a/engine/common/crashhandler.c
+++ b/engine/common/crashhandler.c
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ static void Sys_Crash( int signal, siginfo_t *si, void *context)
 #endif
 
 	// safe actions first, stack and memory may be corrupted
-	len = Q_snprintf( message, sizeof( message ), "Ver: %s %s (build %i-%s, %s-%s)\n",
-		XASH_ENGINE_NAME, XASH_VERSION, Q_buildnum(), Q_buildcommit(), Q_buildos(), Q_buildarch() );
+	len = Q_snprintf( message, sizeof( message ), "Ver: " XASH_ENGINE_NAME " " XASH_VERSION " (build %i-%s, %s-%s)\n",
+		Q_buildnum(), Q_buildcommit(), Q_buildos(), Q_buildarch() );
 
 #if !XASH_BSD
 	len += Q_snprintf( message + len, sizeof( message ) - len, "Crash: signal %d errno %d with code %d at %p %p\n", signal, si->si_errno, si->si_code, si->si_addr, si->si_ptr );
diff --git a/engine/common/host.c b/engine/common/host.c
index ddba3bd0..7a8ff51a 100644
--- a/engine/common/host.c
+++ b/engine/common/host.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ int EXPORT Host_Main( int argc, char **argv, const char *progname, int bChangeGa
 
 	build = Cvar_Get( "buildnum", va( "%i", Q_buildnum_compat()), FCVAR_READ_ONLY, "returns a current build number" );
 	ver = Cvar_Get( "ver", va( "%i/%s (hw build %i)", PROTOCOL_VERSION, XASH_COMPAT_VERSION, Q_buildnum_compat()), FCVAR_READ_ONLY, "shows an engine version" );
-	Cvar_Get( "host_ver", va( "%i %s %s %s %s", Q_buildnum(), XASH_VERSION, Q_buildos(), Q_buildarch(), Q_buildcommit() ), FCVAR_READ_ONLY, "detailed info about this build" );
+	Cvar_Get( "host_ver", va( "%i " XASH_VERSION " %s %s %s", Q_buildnum(), Q_buildos(), Q_buildarch(), Q_buildcommit() ), FCVAR_READ_ONLY, "detailed info about this build" );
 	Cvar_Get( "host_lowmemorymode", va( "%i", XASH_LOW_MEMORY ), FCVAR_READ_ONLY, "indicates if engine compiled for low RAM consumption (0 - normal, 1 - low engine limits, 2 - low protocol limits)" );
 
 	Mod_Init();
diff --git a/engine/common/net_ws.c b/engine/common/net_ws.c
index 7579251b..3e5cc4a7 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_ws.c
+++ b/engine/common/net_ws.c
@@ -700,20 +700,23 @@ NET_AdrToString
 */
 const char *NET_AdrToString( const netadr_t a )
 {
+	static char s[64];
+
 	if( a.type == NA_LOOPBACK )
 		return "loopback";
 	if( a.type6 == NA_IP6 )
 	{
-		char s[64];
 		uint8_t ip6[16];
 
 		NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes( ip6, &a );
 		IPv6AddrToString( s, ip6, ntohs( a.port ), 0 );
 
-		return va( "%s", s );
+		return s;
 	}
 
-	return va( "%i.%i.%i.%i:%i", a.ip[0], a.ip[1], a.ip[2], a.ip[3], ntohs( a.port ));
+	Q_sprintf( s, "%i.%i.%i.%i:%i", a.ip[0], a.ip[1], a.ip[2], a.ip[3], ntohs( a.port ));
+
+	return s;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -723,19 +726,23 @@ NET_BaseAdrToString
 */
 const char *NET_BaseAdrToString( const netadr_t a )
 {
+	static char s[64];
+
 	if( a.type == NA_LOOPBACK )
 		return "loopback";
 	if( a.type6 == NA_IP6 )
 	{
-		char s[64];
 		uint8_t ip6[16];
 
 		NET_NetadrToIP6Bytes( ip6, &a );
 		IPv6IPToString( s, ip6 );
 
-		return va( "%s", s );
+		return s;
 	}
-	return va( "%i.%i.%i.%i", a.ip[0], a.ip[1], a.ip[2], a.ip[3] );
+
+	Q_sprintf( s, "%i.%i.%i.%i", a.ip[0], a.ip[1], a.ip[2], a.ip[3] );
+
+	return s;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1868,6 +1875,7 @@ void NET_GetLocalAddress( void )
 	char		buff[512];
 	struct sockaddr_storage	address;
 	WSAsize_t		namelen;
+	const char		*net_addr_string;
 
 	memset( &net_local, 0, sizeof( netadr_t ));
 	memset( &net6_local, 0, sizeof( netadr_t ));
@@ -1895,8 +1903,9 @@ void NET_GetLocalAddress( void )
 			if( !NET_IsSocketError( getsockname( net.ip_sockets[NS_SERVER], (struct sockaddr *)&address, &namelen )))
 			{
 				net_local.port = ((struct sockaddr_in *)&address)->sin_port;
-				Con_Printf( "Server IPv4 address %s\n", NET_AdrToString( net_local ));
-				Cvar_FullSet( "net_address", va( "%s", NET_AdrToString( net_local )), net_address->flags );
+				net_addr_string = NET_AdrToString( net_local );
+				Con_Printf( "Server IPv4 address %s\n", net_addr_string );
+				Cvar_FullSet( "net_address", net_addr_string, net_address->flags );
 			}
 			else Con_DPrintf( S_ERROR "Could not get TCP/IPv4 address. Reason: %s\n", NET_ErrorString( ));
 		}
@@ -1917,8 +1926,9 @@ void NET_GetLocalAddress( void )
 			if( !NET_IsSocketError( getsockname( net.ip6_sockets[NS_SERVER], (struct sockaddr *)&address, &namelen )))
 			{
 				net6_local.port = ((struct sockaddr_in6 *)&address)->sin6_port;
-				Con_Printf( "Server IPv6 address %s\n", NET_AdrToString( net6_local ));
-				Cvar_FullSet( "net6_address", va( "%s", NET_AdrToString( net6_local )), net6_address->flags );
+				net_addr_string = NET_AdrToString( net6_local );
+				Con_Printf( "Server IPv6 address %s\n", net_addr_string );
+				Cvar_FullSet( "net6_address", net_addr_string, net6_address->flags );
 			}
 			else Con_DPrintf( S_ERROR "Could not get TCP/IPv6 address. Reason: %s\n", NET_ErrorString( ));
 		}