diff --git a/mixer/src/Module.C b/mixer/src/Module.C
index b1e3b07..33ddd53 100644
--- a/mixer/src/Module.C
+++ b/mixer/src/Module.C
@@ -710,18 +710,21 @@ Module::chain ( Chain *v )
 char *
 Module::get_parameters ( void ) const
 {
-    char *s = new char[1024];
+    int len = control_input.size() * 50;
+    char *s = new char[ len ];
+    
     s[0] = 0;
     char *sp = s;
 
     if ( control_input.size() )
     {
         for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < control_input.size(); ++i )
-            sp += snprintf( sp, 1024 - (sp - s),"%f:", control_input[i].control_value() );
+            sp += snprintf( sp, len - (sp - s),"%f:", control_input[i].control_value() );
 
         *(sp - 1) = '\0';
     }
 
+    /* DMESSAGE("get_parameters: %s",s); */
     return s;
 }
 
diff --git a/nonlib/Log_Entry.C b/nonlib/Log_Entry.C
index 5857e4e..74b0117 100644
--- a/nonlib/Log_Entry.C
+++ b/nonlib/Log_Entry.C
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ unescape ( char *s )
 char *
 Log_Entry::print ( void ) const
 {
-    /* FIXME: gross over-allocation */
     char *r = (char*)malloc( 1024 );
 
     r[0] = 0;
@@ -105,20 +104,17 @@ Log_Entry::print ( void ) const
 
         get( i, &s, &v );
 
-        /* FIXME: arbitrary limit */
-        char t[1024];
-        snprintf( t, sizeof( t ), "%s %s%s", s, v, size() == i + 1 ? "" : " " );
+        char *t;
+        asprintf( &t, "%s %s%s", s, v, size() == i + 1 ? "" : " " );
+
+	r = (char*)realloc( r, strlen(r) + strlen(t) + 1 );
 
         strcat( r, t );
+
+	free(t);
     }
 
-    char *r2 = (char*)malloc( strlen( r ) + 1 );
-
-    strcpy( r2, r );
-
-    free( r );
-
-    return r2;
+    return r;
 }
 
 /** sigh. parse a string of ":name value :name value" pairs into an
diff --git a/nonlib/Loggable.C b/nonlib/Loggable.C
index 6677585..c467ffc 100644
--- a/nonlib/Loggable.C
+++ b/nonlib/Loggable.C
@@ -346,10 +346,18 @@ Loggable::update_id ( unsigned int id )
 const char *
 Loggable::escape ( const char *s )
 {
-    static char r[512];
+    static size_t rl = 256;
+    static char *r = new char[rl + 1];
+
+    if ( strlen(s) * 2 > rl )
+    {
+	delete []r;
+	rl = strlen(s) * 2;
+	r = new char[ rl + 1 ];
+    }
 
     size_t i = 0;
-    for ( ; *s && i < sizeof( r ); ++i, ++s )
+    for ( ; *s && i < rl; ++i, ++s )
     {
         if ( '\n' == *s )
         {