diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
index 8365bc8b96..8428fb1ef4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ void RageLog::Warn( const char *fmt, ...)
 	Write( WRITE_TO_INFO | WRITE_LOUD, sBuff );
 }
 
-void RageLog::Write( int where, CString line )
+void RageLog::Write( int where, const CString &line )
 {
 	vector<CString> lines;
 	split( line, "\n", lines, false );
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void RageLog::Flush()
 
 static char staticlog[1024*32]="";
 static CString staticlog_buf;
-void RageLog::AddToInfo( CString str )
+void RageLog::AddToInfo( const CString &str )
 {
 	int old_len = staticlog_buf.size();
 	staticlog_buf += str + NEWLINE;
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ const char *RageLog::GetInfo()
 static const int BACKLOG_LINES = 10;
 static char backlog[BACKLOG_LINES][1024];
 static int backlog_start=0, backlog_cnt=0;
-void RageLog::AddToRecentLogs( CString str )
+void RageLog::AddToRecentLogs( const CString &str )
 {
 	unsigned len = str.size();
 	if(len > sizeof(backlog[backlog_start])-1)
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageLog.h b/stepmania/src/RageLog.h
index 9bf9850d51..abbcb09d4e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageLog.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageLog.h
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ public:
 
 	void ShowLogOutput( bool show );
 
-	void MapLog(const CString &key, const char *fmt, ...) PRINTF(3,4);
-	void UnmapLog(const CString &key);
+	void MapLog( const CString &key, const char *fmt, ... ) PRINTF(3,4);
+	void UnmapLog( const CString &key );
 
 	static const char *GetAdditionalLog();
 	static const char *GetInfo();
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ private:
 	bool m_bFlush;
 	bool m_bTimestamping;
 	bool m_bShowLogOutput;
-	void Write( int, CString );
+	void Write( int, const CString &str );
 	void UpdateMappedLog();
-	void AddToInfo( CString buf );
-	void AddToRecentLogs( CString buf );
+	void AddToInfo( const CString &buf );
+	void AddToRecentLogs( const CString &buf );
 };
 
 extern RageLog*	LOG;	// global and accessable from anywhere in our program