diff --git a/src/log.h b/src/log.h
index 905e003..378de09 100644
--- a/src/log.h
+++ b/src/log.h
@@ -478,8 +478,38 @@ namespace {
 
 #else
 
+// This is to check that LOG() call doesn't modify variables in scope, making program behavior dependent on the log level:
+//
+//		int some_func(int& n) { return ++n; }
+//		...
+//		LOGINFO(1, "Some important value: " << some_func(n));
+//
+// will not compile because the dummy lambda capture uses const-qualified copies of all variables.
+//
+// The check is "free": compiler will remove it entirely in release builds.
+
+struct DummyStream
+{
+	template<typename T>
+	FORCEINLINE DummyStream& operator<<(const T&)
+	{
+		return *this;
+	}
+};
+
+#define SIDE_EFFECT_CHECK(level, ...) \
+	do { \
+		if (0) { \
+			[=]() { \
+				log::DummyStream x; \
+				x << level << __VA_ARGS__; \
+			}; \
+		} \
+	} while (0)
+
 #define LOG(level, severity, ...) \
 	do { \
+		SIDE_EFFECT_CHECK(level, __VA_ARGS__); \
 		if (level <= log::GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL) { \
 			log::Writer CONCAT(log_wrapper_, __LINE__)(severity); \
 			CONCAT(log_wrapper_, __LINE__) << log::Gray() << log_category_prefix; \
diff --git a/src/p2p_server.cpp b/src/p2p_server.cpp
index da88572..a0bc6cf 100644
--- a/src/p2p_server.cpp
+++ b/src/p2p_server.cpp
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ void P2PServer::load_peer_list()
 					const char* addr_str;
 					char addr_str_buf[64];
 
-					char buf[log::Stream::BUF_SIZE + 1];
+					char buf[128];
 					log::Stream s(buf);
 
 					if (r->ai_family == AF_INET6) {
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ void P2PServer::load_peer_list()
 					}
 
 					if (s.m_pos) {
-						LOGINFO(4, "added " << static_cast<char*>(buf) << " from " << nodes[i]);
+						LOGINFO(4, "added " << static_cast<const char*>(buf) << " from " << nodes[i]);
 						if (!saved_list.empty()) {
 							saved_list += ',';
 						}
@@ -549,33 +549,35 @@ void P2PServer::load_monerod_peer_list()
 	JSONRPCRequest::call(params.m_host.c_str(), params.m_rpcPort, "/get_peer_list",
 		[this](const char* data, size_t size)
 		{
-			constexpr char err_str[] = "/get_peer_list RPC request returned invalid JSON ";
+#define ERR_STR "/get_peer_list RPC request returned invalid JSON "
 
 			using namespace rapidjson;
 
 			Document doc;
 			if (doc.Parse(data, size).HasParseError()) {
-				LOGWARN(4, err_str << "(parse error)");
+				LOGWARN(4, ERR_STR "(parse error)");
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if (!doc.IsObject()) {
-				LOGWARN(4, err_str << "(not an object)");
+				LOGWARN(4, ERR_STR "(not an object)");
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if (!doc.HasMember("white_list")) {
-				LOGWARN(4, err_str << "('white_list' not found)");
+				LOGWARN(4, ERR_STR "('white_list' not found)");
 				return;
 			}
 
 			const auto& white_list = doc["white_list"];
 
 			if (!white_list.IsArray()) {
-				LOGWARN(4, err_str << "('white_list' is not an array)");
+				LOGWARN(4, ERR_STR "('white_list' is not an array)");
 				return;
 			}
 
+#undef ERR_STR
+
 			const int port = m_pool->side_chain().is_mini() ? DEFAULT_P2P_PORT_MINI : DEFAULT_P2P_PORT;
 
 			const SizeType n = white_list.Size();