diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/PropertyManagementComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/PropertyManagementComponent.cpp
index eaade8be..648edff8 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/PropertyManagementComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/PropertyManagementComponent.cpp
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ void PropertyManagementComponent::Save() {
 			insertion->setDouble(9, rotation.y);
 			insertion->setDouble(10, rotation.z);
 			insertion->setDouble(11, rotation.w);
-			insertion->setString(12, "Objects_" + std::to_string(entity->GetLOT()) + "_name"); // Model name.  TODO make this customizable
+			insertion->setString(12, ("Objects_" + std::to_string(entity->GetLOT()) + "_name").c_str()); // Model name.  TODO make this customizable
 			insertion->setString(13, ""); // Model description.  TODO implement this.
 			insertion->setDouble(14, 0); // behavior 1.  TODO implement this.
 			insertion->setDouble(15, 0); // behavior 2.  TODO implement this.
diff --git a/dGame/dUtilities/Mail.cpp b/dGame/dUtilities/Mail.cpp
index 8280b627..7047972f 100644
--- a/dGame/dUtilities/Mail.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dUtilities/Mail.cpp
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ void Mail::SendMail(const LWOOBJID sender, const std::string& senderName, LWOOBJ
 	auto* ins = Database::CreatePreppedStmt("INSERT INTO `mail`(`sender_id`, `sender_name`, `receiver_id`, `receiver_name`, `time_sent`, `subject`, `body`, `attachment_id`, `attachment_lot`, `attachment_subkey`, `attachment_count`, `was_read`) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,0)");
 
 	ins->setUInt(1, sender);
-	ins->setString(2, senderName);
+	ins->setString(2, senderName.c_str());
 	ins->setUInt(3, recipient);
 	ins->setString(4, recipientName.c_str());
 	ins->setUInt64(5, time(nullptr));
-	ins->setString(6, subject);
-	ins->setString(7, body);
+	ins->setString(6, subject.c_str());
+	ins->setString(7, body.c_str());
 	ins->setUInt(8, 0);
 	ins->setInt(9, attachment);
 	ins->setInt(10, 0);
diff --git a/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp b/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp
index 4c18566e..3d55f046 100644
--- a/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp
+++ b/dMasterServer/MasterServer.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		//Create account
 
 		auto* statement = Database::CreatePreppedStmt("INSERT INTO accounts (name, password, ""gm_level) VALUES (?, ?, ?);");
-		statement->setString(1, username);
+		statement->setString(1, username.c_str());
 		statement->setString(2, std::string(hash, BCRYPT_HASHSIZE).c_str());
 		statement->setInt(3, 9);