diff --git a/src_main/core/pibytearray.h b/src_main/core/pibytearray.h
index d8047884..20396537 100755
--- a/src_main/core/pibytearray.h
+++ b/src_main/core/pibytearray.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public:
 	};
 
 	//! Return resized byte array
-	PIByteArray resized(int new_size) const {PIByteArray tv(*this); tv.resize(new_size); return tv;}
+	PIByteArray resized(int new_size) const {PIByteArray ret; ret.resize(new_size); memcpy(ret.data(), data(), new_size); return ret;}
 
 	//! Convert data to Base 64 and return this byte array
 	PIByteArray & convertToBase64();
diff --git a/src_main/core/picout.h b/src_main/core/picout.h
index 631f5da7..ee260daf 100644
--- a/src_main/core/picout.h
+++ b/src_main/core/picout.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #else
 #  define piCout if (piDebug) PICout()
-#  define piCoutObj if (piDebug && debug()) PICout() << "" << (PIString("[") + className() + " \"" + name() + "\"]")
+#  define piCoutObj if (piDebug && debug()) PICout() << "" << (PIStringAscii("[") + className() + " \"" + name() + "\"]")
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/src_main/core/pistring.cpp b/src_main/core/pistring.cpp
index e587a8b1..1da45031 100755
--- a/src_main/core/pistring.cpp
+++ b/src_main/core/pistring.cpp
@@ -1116,13 +1116,15 @@ PICout operator <<(PICout s, const PIString & v) {
 	s.setControl(0, true);
 	if (PICout::isBufferActive())
 		s << v.data();
-	else
-		s <<
+	else {
 #ifdef WINDOWS
-			 (const char*)v.toByteArray().data();
+		PIByteArray d = v.toByteArray();
+		d.push_back(uchar('\0'));
+		s << (const char*)d.data();
 #else
-			 v.dataConsole();
+		s << v.dataConsole();
 #endif
+	}
 	s.restoreControl();
 	s.quote();
 	return s;