diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index f7c84fd..8ed3b9c 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAKEFLAGS += -rR
 ARCH := x86_64
 
 # Default user QEMU flags. These are appended to the QEMU command calls.
-QEMUFLAGS := -m 2G -s -S -d int -D qemu.log
+QEMUFLAGS := -m 2G -d int -D qemu.log
 
 override IMAGE_NAME := os220-$(ARCH)
 
diff --git a/kernel/src/ACPI/ACPI.cpp b/kernel/src/ACPI/ACPI.cpp
index b190777..918f8d6 100644
--- a/kernel/src/ACPI/ACPI.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/ACPI/ACPI.cpp
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ namespace Hal {
 
     ACPI::ACPI(XSDP* xsdp) {
         if (xsdp->TestChecksum() != true) {
-            KernelLogStream(ERROR, "ACPI") << "Checksum failed for (R/X)SDT!";
+            KernelLogStream(ERROR, "ACPI") << "Checksum failed for SDT!";
             return;
         }
 
-        KernelLogStream(OK, "ACPI") << "Checksum passed for (R/X)SDT!";
+        KernelLogStream(OK, "ACPI") << "Checksum passed for SDT";
 
 
         KernelLogStream(INFO, "ACPI") << "OEM ID: " << xsdp->GetOEMID();
diff --git a/kernel/src/CppLib/CString.hpp b/kernel/src/CppLib/CString.hpp
index 6d450dc..c559ada 100644
--- a/kernel/src/CppLib/CString.hpp
+++ b/kernel/src/CppLib/CString.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <CppLib/Vector.hpp>
 
+typedef const char* CString;
+
 namespace kcp {
-    vector<const char*> splitstr(const char* str, char delimiter);
+    vector<const char*> splitstr(CString str, char delimiter);
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kernel/src/Terminal/Terminal.hpp b/kernel/src/Terminal/Terminal.hpp
index 8ab6d68..185824c 100644
--- a/kernel/src/Terminal/Terminal.hpp
+++ b/kernel/src/Terminal/Terminal.hpp
@@ -99,42 +99,13 @@ namespace Kt
 
     class KernelLogStream {
         KernelOutStream localStream{};
-        KernelLogLevel level;
 
         const char* componentName = "";
 
 public:
-        KernelLogStream(KernelLogLevel desiredLevel, const char* desiredComponentName) {
-            level = desiredLevel;
+        KernelLogStream(KernelLogLevel, const char* desiredComponentName) { /* level for potential future rich event logging */
             componentName = desiredComponentName;
 
-            switch (level) {
-                case INFO: {
-                    localStream << screen::colors::cyan << "INFO " << screen::colors::white;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case WARNING: {
-                    localStream << screen::colors::yellow << "WARNING " << screen::colors::white;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case ERROR: {
-                    localStream << screen::colors::red << "ERROR " << screen::colors::white;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case DEBUG: {
-                    localStream << screen::colors::magenta << "DEBUG " << screen::colors::white;
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case OK: {
-                    localStream << screen::colors::green << "OK " << screen::colors::white;
-                    break ;
-                }
-            }
-
             localStream << componentName << ": ";
         }