diff --git a/hecl/driver/ToolSpec.hpp b/hecl/driver/ToolSpec.hpp
index 4ab832832..3fe7d1cae 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/ToolSpec.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/ToolSpec.hpp
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ public:
         hecl::SystemString firstArg = info.args.front();
         hecl::ToLower(firstArg);
 
-        static const hecl::SystemString enable(_S("enable"));
-        static const hecl::SystemString disable(_S("disable"));
-        if (!firstArg.compare(enable))
+        if (!firstArg.compare(_S("enable")))
             mode = MENABLE;
-        else if (!firstArg.compare(disable))
+        else if (!firstArg.compare(_S("disable")))
             mode = MDISABLE;
         else
             return;
diff --git a/hecl/lib/Database/Project.cpp b/hecl/lib/Database/Project.cpp
index 3b7cba414..43f6b2948 100644
--- a/hecl/lib/Database/Project.cpp
+++ b/hecl/lib/Database/Project.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Database
 {
 
 logvisor::Module LogModule("HECLDatabase");
+static const hecl::FourCC HECLfcc("HECL");
 
 /**********************************************
  * Project::ConfigFile
@@ -231,7 +232,6 @@ Project::Project(const ProjectRootPath& rootPath)
         uint32_t version;
     } beacon;
 #define DATA_VERSION 1
-    static const hecl::FourCC HECLfcc("HECL");
     if (fread(&beacon, 1, sizeof(beacon), bf) != sizeof(beacon))
     {
         fseek(bf, 0, SEEK_SET);
diff --git a/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp b/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp
index 15c7ebfea..ff9eb0ba7 100644
--- a/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp
+++ b/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace hecl
 {
 unsigned VerbosityLevel = 0;
 logvisor::Module LogModule("hecl");
+static const std::string Illegals {"<>?*\"|"};
 
 void SanitizePath(std::string& path)
 {
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@ void SanitizePath(std::string& path)
     bool ic = false;
     std::transform(path.begin(), path.end(), path.begin(), [&](const char a) -> char {
         ++p1;
-        static const std::string illegals {"<>?*\"|"};
-        if (illegals.find_first_of(a) != std::string::npos)
+        if (Illegals.find_first_of(a) != std::string::npos)
         {
             ic = false;
             return '_';
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ void SanitizePath(std::string& path)
     });
 }
 
+static const std::wstring WIllegals {L"<>?*\"|"};
+
 void SanitizePath(std::wstring& path)
 {
     if (path.empty())
@@ -62,8 +64,7 @@ void SanitizePath(std::wstring& path)
     bool ic = false;
     std::transform(path.begin(), path.end(), path.begin(), [&](const wchar_t a) -> wchar_t {
         ++p1;
-        static const std::wstring illegals {L"<>?*\"|"};
-        if (illegals.find_first_of(a) != std::wstring::npos)
+        if (WIllegals.find_first_of(a) != std::wstring::npos)
         {
             ic = false;
             return L'_';