diff --git a/src/modules/autoseed.c b/src/modules/autoseed.c
index 22906eba2..384ae4c22 100644
--- a/src/modules/autoseed.c
+++ b/src/modules/autoseed.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int fix_demand(region * rd)
   for (rl = rlist; rl; rl = rl->next) {
     region *r = rl->data;
     if (!fval(r, RF_CHAOTIC)) {
-      log_info((LOG_INFO1, "fixing demand in %s\n", regionname(r, NULL)));
+      log_debug("fixing demand in %s\n", regionname(r, NULL));
     }
     sale = mlux[rng_int() % maxlux];
     if (sale)
diff --git a/src/util/log.c b/src/util/log.c
index ec93d625c..ab7f503f9 100644
--- a/src/util/log.c
+++ b/src/util/log.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ without prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
 #include <time.h>
 
 /* TODO: set from external function */
-int log_flags = LOG_FLUSH | LOG_CPERROR | LOG_CPWARNING;
+int log_flags = LOG_FLUSH | LOG_CPERROR | LOG_CPWARNING | LOG_CPDEBUG;
 #ifdef STDIO_CP
 static int stdio_codepage = STDIO_CP;
 #else
@@ -157,6 +157,49 @@ static int check_dupe(const char *format, const char *type)
   return 0;
 }
 
+void _log_debug(const char *format, ...)
+{
+  if (log_flags & LOG_CPDEBUG) {
+    int dupe = check_dupe(format, "DEBUG");
+
+    fflush(stdout);
+    if (!logfile)
+      logfile = stderr;
+    if (logfile != stderr) {
+      va_list marker;
+      fputs("DEBUG: ", logfile);
+      va_start(marker, format);
+      vfprintf(logfile, format, marker);
+      va_end(marker);
+    }
+    if (!dupe) {
+      va_list marker;
+      fputs("DEBUG: ", stderr);
+      va_start(marker, format);
+      if (stdio_codepage) {
+        char buffer[MAXLENGTH];
+        char converted[MAXLENGTH];
+
+        vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, marker);
+        if (cp_convert(buffer, converted, MAXLENGTH, stdio_codepage) == 0) {
+          fputs(converted, stderr);
+        } else {
+          /* fall back to non-converted output */
+          va_end(marker);
+          va_start(marker, format);
+          vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+        }
+      } else {
+        vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+      }
+      va_end(marker);
+    }
+    if (log_flags & LOG_FLUSH) {
+      log_flush();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void _log_warn(const char *format, ...)
 {
   if (log_flags & LOG_CPWARNING) {
diff --git a/src/util/log.h b/src/util/log.h
index a9e8eabd3..d7228222b 100644
--- a/src/util/log.h
+++ b/src/util/log.h
@@ -25,18 +25,19 @@ extern "C" {
 #define log_warning(x) _log_warn x
 #define log_error(x) _log_error x
 #define log_info(x) _log_info x
+#define log_debug _log_debug
 
   /* use macros above instead of these: */
   extern void _log_warn(const char *format, ...);
   extern void _log_error(const char *format, ...);
+  extern void _log_debug(const char *format, ...);
   extern void _log_info(unsigned int flag, const char *format, ...);
 
 #define LOG_FLUSH      0x01
 #define LOG_CPWARNING  0x02
 #define LOG_CPERROR    0x04
-#define LOG_INFO1      0x08
-#define LOG_INFO2      0x10
-#define LOG_INFO3      0x20
+#define LOG_CPDEBUG    0x08
+#define LOG_CPINFO     0x10
 
   extern int log_flags;
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/util/translation.c b/src/util/translation.c
index b5ff01c70..9c329592d 100644
--- a/src/util/translation.c
+++ b/src/util/translation.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void add_function(const char *symbol, evalfun parse)
 
 static evalfun find_function(const char *symbol)
 {
-  void * matches;
+  const void * matches;
   if (cb_find_prefix(&functions, symbol, strlen(symbol)+1, &matches, 1, 0)) {
     evalfun result;
     cb_get_kv(matches, &result, sizeof(result));
diff --git a/src/util/umlaut_test.c b/src/util/umlaut_test.c
index 3b3995abc..900f47f67 100644
--- a/src/util/umlaut_test.c
+++ b/src/util/umlaut_test.c
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ static void test_transliterate(CuTest * tc)
 static void test_umlaut(CuTest * tc)
 {
   const char * umlauts = "\xc3\xa4\xc3\xb6\xc3\xbc\xc3\x9f"; /* auml ouml uuml szlig nul */
-  tnode tokens = { 0 };
+  tnode tokens;
   variant id;
   int result;
 
+  memset(&tokens, 0, sizeof(tokens));
   /* don't crash on an empty set */
   result = findtoken(&tokens, "herpderp", &id);
   CuAssertIntEquals(tc, E_TOK_NOMATCH, result);