diff --git a/source/ByteBuffer.cpp b/source/ByteBuffer.cpp
index 6659b4dd4..bccd1c48b 100644
--- a/source/ByteBuffer.cpp
+++ b/source/ByteBuffer.cpp
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ bool cByteBuffer::WriteVarInt(UInt32 a_Value)
 
 
 
-bool cByteBuffer::WriteVarUTF8String(AString & a_Value)
+bool cByteBuffer::WriteVarUTF8String(const AString & a_Value)
 {
 	CHECK_THREAD;
 	CheckValid();
diff --git a/source/ByteBuffer.h b/source/ByteBuffer.h
index 71ee4764e..21abb0377 100644
--- a/source/ByteBuffer.h
+++ b/source/ByteBuffer.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
 	bool ReadVarUTF8String  (AString & a_Value);  // string length as VarInt, then string as UTF-8
 
 	/// Reads VarInt, assigns it to anything that can be assigned from an UInt32 (unsigned short, char, Byte, double, ...)
-	template <typename T> bool ReadVarUInt(T & a_Value)
+	template <typename T> bool ReadVarInt(T & a_Value)
 	{
 		UInt32 v;
 		bool res = ReadVarInt(v);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public:
 	bool WriteBool           (bool   a_Value);
 	bool WriteBEUTF16String16(const AString & a_Value);  // string length as BE short, then string as UTF-16BE
 	bool WriteVarInt         (UInt32 a_Value);
-	bool WriteVarUTF8String  (AString & a_Value);  // string length as VarInt, then string as UTF-8
+	bool WriteVarUTF8String  (const AString & a_Value);  // string length as VarInt, then string as UTF-8
 	
 	/// Reads a_Count bytes into a_Buffer; returns true if successful
 	bool ReadBuf(void * a_Buffer, int a_Count);