diff --git a/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp b/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp
index be908f303..73688d310 100644
--- a/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp
+++ b/Tools/ProtoProxy/Connection.cpp
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ bool cConnection::ParseMetadata(cByteBuffer & a_Buffer, AString & a_Metadata)
 	a_Metadata.push_back(x);
 	while (x != 0x7f)
 	{
-		//int Index = ((unsigned)((unsigned char)x)) & 0x1f;  // Lower 5 bits = index
+		// int Index = ((unsigned)((unsigned char)x)) & 0x1f;  // Lower 5 bits = index
 		int Type  = ((unsigned)((unsigned char)x)) >> 5;    // Upper 3 bits = type
 		int Length = 0;
 		switch (Type)
diff --git a/src/ChunkDef.h b/src/ChunkDef.h
index a5059348c..fcda64f5c 100644
--- a/src/ChunkDef.h
+++ b/src/ChunkDef.h
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ public:
 			(z < Width)  && (z > -1)
 		)
 		{
-			return MakeIndexNoCheck(static_cast<unsigned int>(x), 
-				static_cast<unsigned int>(y), 
-				static_cast<unsigned int>(z));
+			return MakeIndexNoCheck(x, y, z);
 		}
 		LOGERROR("cChunkDef::MakeIndex(): coords out of range: {%d, %d, %d}; returning fake index 0", x, y, z);
 		ASSERT(!"cChunkDef::MakeIndex(): coords out of chunk range!");
@@ -134,13 +132,13 @@ public:
 	}
 
 
-	inline static unsigned int MakeIndexNoCheck(unsigned int x, unsigned int y, unsigned int z)
+	inline static unsigned int MakeIndexNoCheck(int x, int y, int z)
 	{
 		#if AXIS_ORDER == AXIS_ORDER_XZY
 			// For some reason, NOT using the Horner schema is faster. Weird.
-			return x + (z * cChunkDef::Width) + (y * cChunkDef::Width * cChunkDef::Width); // 1.2 is XZY
+			return static_cast<unsigned int>(x + (z * cChunkDef::Width) + (y * cChunkDef::Width * cChunkDef::Width)); // 1.2 is XZY
 		#elif AXIS_ORDER == AXIS_ORDER_YZX
-			return y + (z * cChunkDef::Width) + (x * cChunkDef::Height * cChunkDef::Width); // 1.1 is YZX
+			return static_cast<unsigned int>(y + (z * cChunkDef::Width) + (x * cChunkDef::Height * cChunkDef::Width)); // 1.1 is YZX
 		#endif
 	}
 
@@ -168,9 +166,7 @@ public:
 		ASSERT((a_X >= 0) && (a_X < Width));
 		ASSERT((a_Y >= 0) && (a_Y < Height));
 		ASSERT((a_Z >= 0) && (a_Z < Width));
-		a_BlockTypes[MakeIndexNoCheck(static_cast<unsigned int>(a_X), 
-			static_cast<unsigned int>(a_Y), 
-			static_cast<unsigned int>(a_Z))] = a_Type;
+		a_BlockTypes[MakeIndexNoCheck(a_X, a_Y, a_Z)] = a_Type;
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -186,9 +182,7 @@ public:
 		ASSERT((a_X >= 0) && (a_X < Width));
 		ASSERT((a_Y >= 0) && (a_Y < Height));
 		ASSERT((a_Z >= 0) && (a_Z < Width));
-		return a_BlockTypes[MakeIndexNoCheck(static_cast<unsigned int>(a_X), 
-			static_cast<unsigned int>(a_Y), 
-			static_cast<unsigned int>(a_Z))];
+		return a_BlockTypes[MakeIndexNoCheck(a_X, a_Y, a_Z)];
 	}
 	
 	
@@ -246,9 +240,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		if ((x < Width) && (x > -1) && (y < Height) && (y > -1) && (z < Width) && (z > -1))
 		{
-			unsigned int Index = MakeIndexNoCheck(static_cast<unsigned int>(x),
-				static_cast<unsigned int>(y),
-				static_cast<unsigned int>(z));
+			unsigned int Index = MakeIndexNoCheck(x, y, z);
 			return (a_Buffer[Index / 2] >> ((Index & 1) * 4)) & 0x0f;
 		}
 		ASSERT(!"cChunkDef::GetNibble(): coords out of chunk range!");
@@ -282,9 +274,7 @@ public:
 			return;
 		}
 
-		unsigned int Index = MakeIndexNoCheck(static_cast<unsigned int>(x),
-			static_cast<unsigned int>(y),
-			static_cast<unsigned int>(z));
+		unsigned int Index = MakeIndexNoCheck(x, y, z);
 		a_Buffer[Index / 2] = static_cast<NIBBLETYPE>(
 			(a_Buffer[Index / 2] & (0xf0 >> ((Index & 1) * 4))) |  // The untouched nibble
 			((a_Nibble & 0x0f) << ((Index & 1) * 4))  // The nibble being set
diff --git a/src/StringUtils.cpp b/src/StringUtils.cpp
index 3e047fb5c..3f9275798 100644
--- a/src/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ AString & RawBEToUTF8(const char * a_RawData, int a_NumShorts, AString & a_UTF8)
 	a_UTF8.reserve(3 * a_NumShorts / 2);  // a quick guess of the resulting size
 	for (int i = 0; i < a_NumShorts; i++)
 	{
-		int c = GetBEShort(a_RawData + i*2);
+		int c = GetBEShort(&a_RawData[i * 2]);
 		if (c < 0x80)
 		{
 			a_UTF8.push_back((char)c);
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/FastNBT.cpp b/src/WorldStorage/FastNBT.cpp
index f1f092e0b..be25fd1a4 100644
--- a/src/WorldStorage/FastNBT.cpp
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/FastNBT.cpp
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void cFastNBTWriter::AddIntArray(const AString & a_Name, const int * a_Value, si
 	size_t size = m_Result.length();
 	if ((cap - size) < (4 + a_NumElements * 4))
 	{
-		m_Result.reserve(size +4 + a_NumElements * 4);
+		m_Result.reserve(size + 4 + (a_NumElements * 4));
 	}
 	m_Result.append((const char *)&len, 4);
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < a_NumElements; i++)
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/FireworksSerializer.cpp b/src/WorldStorage/FireworksSerializer.cpp
index bdd5952ad..3c97ae0a2 100644
--- a/src/WorldStorage/FireworksSerializer.cpp
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/FireworksSerializer.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ void cFireworkItem::ParseFromNBT(cFireworkItem & a_FireworkItem, const cParsedNB
 					{
 						// Divide by four as data length returned in bytes
 						int DataLength = a_NBT.GetDataLength(explosiontag);
+						// round to the next highest multiple of four
+						DataLength -= DataLength % 4; 
 						if (DataLength == 0)
 						{
 							continue;
@@ -105,6 +107,8 @@ void cFireworkItem::ParseFromNBT(cFireworkItem & a_FireworkItem, const cParsedNB
 					else if (ExplosionName == "FadeColors")
 					{
 						int DataLength = a_NBT.GetDataLength(explosiontag) / 4;
+						// round to the next highest multiple of four
+						DataLength -= DataLength % 4; 
 						if (DataLength == 0)
 						{
 							continue;