diff --git a/code/DefaultLogger.cpp b/code/DefaultLogger.cpp
index 85e2b6702..39cc86285 100644
--- a/code/DefaultLogger.cpp
+++ b/code/DefaultLogger.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ struct LogStreamInfo
 //	Creates the only singleton instance
 Logger *DefaultLogger::create(const std::string &name, LogSeverity severity)
 {
-	if ( NULL == m_pLogger )
-		m_pLogger = new DefaultLogger( name, severity );
+	if (m_pLogger && !isNullLogger() )
+		delete m_pLogger;
+	m_pLogger = new DefaultLogger( name, severity );
 	
 	return m_pLogger;
 }
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ Logger *DefaultLogger::get()
 //	Kills the only instance
 void DefaultLogger::kill()
 {
-	ai_assert (NULL != m_pLogger);
+	if (m_pLogger != &s_pNullLogger)return;
 	delete m_pLogger;
 	m_pLogger = &s_pNullLogger;
 }
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ void DefaultLogger::debug( const std::string &message )
 	if ( m_Severity == Logger::NORMAL )
 		return;
 
-	const std::string msg( "Debug, thread " + getThreadID() + " :" + message );
+	const std::string msg( "Debug, T" + getThreadID() + ": " + message );
 	writeToStreams( msg, Logger::DEBUGGING );
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ void DefaultLogger::debug( const std::string &message )
 //	Logs an info
 void DefaultLogger::info( const std::string &message )
 {
-	const std::string msg( "Info: " + getThreadID() + " :" + message );
+	const std::string msg( "Info,  T" + getThreadID() + ": " + message );
 	writeToStreams( msg , Logger::INFO );
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ void DefaultLogger::info( const std::string &message )
 //	Logs a warning
 void DefaultLogger::warn( const std::string &message )
 {
-	const std::string msg( "Warn:  " + getThreadID() + " :"+ message );
+	const std::string msg( "Warn,  T" + getThreadID() + ": "+ message );
 	writeToStreams( msg, Logger::WARN );
 }
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ void DefaultLogger::warn( const std::string &message )
 //	Logs an error
 void DefaultLogger::error( const std::string &message )
 {
-	const std::string msg( "Error:  "+ getThreadID() + " :" + message );
+	const std::string msg( "Error, T"+ getThreadID() + ": " + message );
 	writeToStreams( msg, Logger::ERR );
 }
 
@@ -232,10 +233,10 @@ DefaultLogger::DefaultLogger( const std::string &name, LogSeverity severity ) :
 {
 #ifdef WIN32
 	m_Streams.push_back( new Win32DebugLogStream() );
-	if (name.empty())
-		return;
 #endif
 	
+	if (name.empty())
+		return;
 	m_Streams.push_back( new FileLogStream( name ) );
 }
 
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ std::string DefaultLogger::getThreadID()
 	if ( hThread )
 	{
 		std::stringstream thread_msg;
-		thread_msg << ::GetCurrentThreadId() << " ";
+		thread_msg << ::GetCurrentThreadId() /*<< " "*/;
 		return thread_msg.str();
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/code/Importer.cpp b/code/Importer.cpp
index f17e26baf..da784827c 100644
--- a/code/Importer.cpp
+++ b/code/Importer.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ aiReturn Importer::RegisterLoader(BaseImporter* pImp)
 	pImp->GetExtensionList(st);
 
 #ifdef _DEBUG
-	const char* sz = ::strtok(st.c_str(),";");
+	const char* sz = ::strtok(const_cast<char*>(st.c_str()),";");
 	while (sz)
 	{
 		if (IsExtensionSupported(std::string(sz)))
diff --git a/code/LWOLoader.cpp b/code/LWOLoader.cpp
index c368e441d..7987486f4 100644
--- a/code/LWOLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/LWOLoader.cpp
@@ -242,14 +242,14 @@ void LWOImporter::CountVertsAndFaces(unsigned int& verts, unsigned int& faces,
 {
 	while (cursor < end && max--)
 	{
-		uint16_t numIndices = *((uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
+		uint16_t numIndices = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
 		verts += numIndices;faces++;
 		cursor += numIndices*2;
-		int16_t surface = *((uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
+		int16_t surface = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
 		if (surface < 0)
 		{
 			// there are detail polygons
-			numIndices = *((uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
+			numIndices = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
 			CountVertsAndFaces(verts,faces,cursor,end,numIndices);
 		}
 	}
@@ -263,13 +263,13 @@ void LWOImporter::CopyFaceIndices(LWOImporter::FaceList::iterator& it,
 	while (cursor < end && max--)
 	{
 		LWO::Face& face = *it;++it;
-		if(face.mNumIndices = *((uint16_t*)cursor))
+		if(face.mNumIndices = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)cursor))
 		{
 			if (cursor + face.mNumIndices*2 + 4 >= end)break;
 			face.mIndices = new unsigned int[face.mNumIndices];
 			for (unsigned int i = 0; i < face.mNumIndices;++i)
 			{
-				face.mIndices[i] = *((uint16_t*)(cursor+=2));
+				face.mIndices[i] = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)(cursor+=2));
 				if (face.mIndices[i] >= mTempPoints->size())
 				{
 					face.mIndices[i] = mTempPoints->size()-1;
@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ void LWOImporter::CopyFaceIndices(LWOImporter::FaceList::iterator& it,
 		}
 		else DefaultLogger::get()->warn("LWO: Face has 0 indices");
 		cursor+=2;
-		int16_t surface = *((uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
+		int16_t surface = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
 		if (surface < 0)
 		{
 			surface = -surface;
 
 			// there are detail polygons
-			uint16_t numPolygons = *((uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
+			uint16_t numPolygons = *((LE_NCONST uint16_t*)cursor);cursor+=2;
 			if (cursor < end)CopyFaceIndices(it,cursor,end,numPolygons);
 		}
 		face.surfaceIndex = surface-1;
diff --git a/workspaces/vc8/assimp.vcproj b/workspaces/vc8/assimp.vcproj
index 918d141fe..163f5941d 100644
--- a/workspaces/vc8/assimp.vcproj
+++ b/workspaces/vc8/assimp.vcproj
@@ -1094,6 +1094,10 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\code\DefaultIOSystem.cpp"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\code\DefaultLogger.cpp"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\code\FixNormalsStep.cpp"
 				>
@@ -1270,14 +1274,6 @@
 					>
 				</File>
 			</Filter>
-			<Filter
-				Name="Logger"
-				>
-				<File
-					RelativePath="..\..\code\DefaultLogger.cpp"
-					>
-				</File>
-			</Filter>
 			<Filter
 				Name="extra"
 				>