diff --git a/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java b/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java
index 4e8c8a689..a477944ae 100644
--- a/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java
+++ b/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class CacheAdmin_p {
                     if (sentences != null)
                     	while (sentences.hasNext()) {
                     		prop.put("info_type_lines_" + i + "_line",
-                    				de.anomic.data.wikiCode.replaceXMLEntities(((StringBuffer) sentences.next()).toString().replaceAll("\n", "").trim()));
+                    				de.anomic.data.wikiCode.replaceXMLEntities((new String((StringBuffer) sentences.next())).replaceAll("\n", "").trim()));
 	                        i++;
 	                    }
                     prop.put("info_type_lines", i);
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/message.java b/htroot/yacy/message.java
index e447259c8..1a5d733c9 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/message.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/message.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ public final class message {
 
             Process process=Runtime.getRuntime().exec(sendMail);
             PrintWriter email = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
-            email.print(emailTxt.toString());
+            email.print(new String(emailTxt));
             email.close();                        
         } catch (Exception e) {
             yacyCore.log.logWarning("message: message forwarding via email failed. ",e);
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/search.java b/htroot/yacy/search.java
index 8b1eb1927..880a36c82 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/search.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/search.java
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public final class search {
             }
             if (partitions > 0) sb.requestedQueries = sb.requestedQueries + 1d / (double) partitions; // increase query counter
         }
-        prop.putASIS("indexabstract", indexabstract.toString());
+        prop.putASIS("indexabstract", new String(indexabstract));
         
         // prepare search statistics
         Long trackerHandle = new Long(System.currentTimeMillis());
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public final class search {
             StringBuffer refstr = new StringBuffer();
             for (int j = 0; j < ws.length; j++)
                 refstr.append(",").append((String) ws[j]);
-            prop.putASIS("references", (refstr.length() > 0) ? refstr.substring(1) : refstr.toString());
+            prop.putASIS("references", (refstr.length() > 0) ? refstr.substring(1) : new String(refstr));
         }
         
         // add information about forward peers
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java b/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
index c1c549420..74d50fc04 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/transferRWI.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public final class transferRWI {
             }
         }
 
-        prop.putASIS("unknownURL", unknownURLs.toString());
+        prop.putASIS("unknownURL", new String(unknownURLs));
         prop.putASIS("result", result);
         prop.putASIS("pause", Integer.toString(pause));
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/data/Diff.java b/source/de/anomic/data/Diff.java
index 27812a57e..01c8d099d 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/data/Diff.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/data/Diff.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class Diff {
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(this.parts.size() * 20);
         for (int j=0; j<this.parts.size(); j++)
             sb.append(((Part)this.parts.get(j)).toString()).append("\n");
-        return sb.toString();
+        return new String(sb);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -246,6 +246,6 @@ public class Diff {
             }
             sb.append("</p>");
         }
-        return sb.toString();
+        return new String(sb);
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/data/listManager.java b/source/de/anomic/data/listManager.java
index 9767d6462..46f9e5bd6 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/data/listManager.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/data/listManager.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class listManager {
             .append(list[i])
             .append(serverCore.crlfString);
         }
-        return writeList(listFile, out.toString()); //(File, String)
+        return writeList(listFile, new String(out)); //(File, String)
     }
 
     public static String getListString(String filename, boolean withcomments) {        
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class listManager {
             if (br!=null) try { br.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
         }
 
-        return temp.toString();
+        return new String(temp);
     }
 
     // get a Directory Listing as a String Array
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public class listManager {
                 }
             }
         }
-        return ret.toString();
+        return new String(ret);
     }
     public static HashSet string2hashset(String string){
         HashSet ret=new HashSet();
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/data/userDB.java b/source/de/anomic/data/userDB.java
index 495bfec65..83b6410a4 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/data/userDB.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/data/userDB.java
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ public final class userDB {
                 str.append(this.mem.toString());
             } 
             
-            return str.toString();
+            return new String(str);
         }    
         
     }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/data/wikiCode.java b/source/de/anomic/data/wikiCode.java
index d4a6f16fa..6271af714 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/data/wikiCode.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/data/wikiCode.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class wikiCode {
                     out.append(transformLine(line, switchboard)).append(
                             serverCore.crlfString);
                 }
-                return directory()+out.toString();
+                return directory() + new String(out);
             } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
                 // can not happen
                 return null;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpRemoteProxyConfig.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpRemoteProxyConfig.java
index 1704a131c..3530e2c72 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpRemoteProxyConfig.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpRemoteProxyConfig.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public final class httpRemoteProxyConfig {
         .append(this.remoteProxyNoProxy);
         
         
-        return toStrBuf.toString();
+        return new String(toStrBuf);
     }
     
     public static httpRemoteProxyConfig init(
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java
index 1d0011284..9966e92b2 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpc.java
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ do upload
             toStringBuffer.append((this.status == null) ? "Status: Unknown" : "Status: " + this.status)
             .append(" | Headers: ")
             .append((this.responseHeader == null) ? "none" : this.responseHeader.toString());
-            return toStringBuffer.toString();
+            return new String(toStringBuffer);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
index 36b1a4a2d..b1ec9d95b 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
                                 //tp is from the servlet, fis is the content-only from the servlet
                                 //this resolvs templates in both header and content
                                 o = new serverByteBuffer();
-                                fis=new ByteArrayInputStream(content.toString().getBytes());
+                                fis=new ByteArrayInputStream((new String(content)).getBytes());
                                 httpTemplate.writeTemplate(fis, o, tp, "-UNRESOLVED_PATTERN-".getBytes());
                                 content_s=o.toString();
                                 o = new serverByteBuffer();
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
                 if (!conProp.containsKey(httpHeader.CONNECTION_PROP_PROXY_RESPOND_HEADER)) {
                     // sending back an error message to the client 
                     // if we have not already send an http header
-                    httpd.sendRespondError(conProp,out, 4, httpStatusCode, httpStatusText, errorMessage.toString(),errorExc);
+                    httpd.sendRespondError(conProp,out, 4, httpStatusCode, httpStatusText, new String(errorMessage),errorExc);
                 } else {
                     // otherwise we close the connection
                     this.forceConnectionClose();
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
                 
                 // if it is an unexpected error we log it 
                 if (httpStatusCode == 500) {
-                    this.theLogger.logWarning(errorMessage.toString(),e);
+                    this.theLogger.logWarning(new String(errorMessage),e);
                 }
                 
             } catch (Exception ee) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
index e0032499f..433b00a5f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdProxyHandler.java
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ public final class httpdProxyHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements htt
             this.userAgentStr.append(browserUserAgent);
         }
         
-        return this.userAgentStr.toString();
+        return new String(this.userAgentStr);
     }
     
     private void setViaHeader(httpHeader header, String httpVer) {
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ public final class httpdProxyHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements htt
         .append("(YaCy ").append(switchboard.getConfig("vString", "0.0")).append(")");
         
         // storing header back
-        header.put(httpHeader.VIA, viaValue.toString());                 
+        header.put(httpHeader.VIA, new String(viaValue));                 
     }
     
     /**
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ public final class httpdProxyHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements htt
         this.logMessage.append(mime);        
         
         // sending the logging message to the logger
-        this.proxyLog.logFine(this.logMessage.toString());
+        this.proxyLog.logFine(new String(this.logMessage));
     }
     
 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/icap/icapd.java b/source/de/anomic/icap/icapd.java
index 5b727e52c..2837b1cd6 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/icap/icapd.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/icap/icapd.java
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class icapd implements serverHandler {
                 // icapResHeader.put(icapHeader.CONNECTION, "close");    
                 
                 StringBuffer headerStringBuffer = icapResHeader.toHeaderString("ICAP/1.0",404,null);            
-                out.write(headerStringBuffer.toString().getBytes());
+                out.write((new String(headerStringBuffer)).getBytes());
                 out.flush();    
             }
             
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public class icapd implements serverHandler {
                 // resHeader.put(icapHeader.CONNECTION, "close");    
                 
                 StringBuffer headerStringBuffer = icapResHeader.toHeaderString("ICAP/1.0",204,null);            
-                out.write(headerStringBuffer.toString().getBytes());
+                out.write((new String(headerStringBuffer)).getBytes());
                 out.flush();
             } else {
                 icapResHeader.put(icapHeader.ENCAPSULATED,reqHeader.get(icapHeader.ENCAPSULATED));
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public class icapd implements serverHandler {
                 // icapResHeader.put(icapHeader.CONNECTION, "close");    
                 
                 StringBuffer headerStringBuffer = icapResHeader.toHeaderString("ICAP/1.0",503,null);            
-                out.write(headerStringBuffer.toString().getBytes());
+                out.write((new String(headerStringBuffer)).getBytes());
                 out.flush();                
             }
             
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/index/indexURLEntryNew.java b/source/de/anomic/index/indexURLEntryNew.java
index 65616db11..dbde6c86c 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/index/indexURLEntryNew.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/index/indexURLEntryNew.java
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public class indexURLEntryNew implements indexURLEntry {
         core.append(",snippet=").append(crypt.simpleEncode(snippet));
         core.append("}");
 
-        return core.toString();
+        return new String(core);
         //return "{" + core + ",snippet=" + crypt.simpleEncode(snippet) + "}";
     }
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public class indexURLEntryNew implements indexURLEntry {
         core.insert(0, "{");
         core.append("}");
 
-        return core.toString();
+        return new String(core);
         //return "{" + core + "}";
     }
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroAttrSeq.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroAttrSeq.java
index b1abddbab..a90414f19 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroAttrSeq.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroAttrSeq.java
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ public class kelondroAttrSeq {
             sb.append((char) 13); sb.append((char) 10);
         }
         if (out.toString().endsWith(".gz")) {
-            serverFileUtils.writeAndGZip(sb.toString().getBytes(), out);
+            serverFileUtils.writeAndGZip((new String(sb)).getBytes(), out);
         } else {
-            serverFileUtils.write(sb.toString().getBytes(), out);
+            serverFileUtils.write((new String(sb)).getBytes(), out);
         }
     }
     
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public class kelondroAttrSeq {
                     sb.append(",<"); sb.append(seq_names[i]); sb.append('-'); sb.append(Integer.toString(seq_len[i])); sb.append('>');
                 }
             }
-            return sb.toString();
+            return new String(sb);
         }
     }
     
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public class kelondroAttrSeq {
                 }
                 */
             }
-            return sb.toString();
+            return new String(sb);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBase64Order.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBase64Order.java
index b889b13ed..8850e2bad 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBase64Order.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBase64Order.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class kelondroBase64Order extends kelondroAbstractOrder implements kelond
             StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(length);
             s.setLength(length);
             while (length > 0) s.setCharAt(--length, alpha[63]);
-            return s.toString();
+            return new String(s);
         }
         return encodeLong(c, length);
     }
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class kelondroBase64Order extends kelondroAbstractOrder implements kelond
             s.setCharAt(--length, alpha[(byte) (c & 0x3F)]);
             c >>= 6;
         }
-        return s.toString();
+        return new String(s);
     }
 
     public final void encodeLong(long c, byte[] b, int offset, int length) {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class kelondroBase64Order extends kelondroAbstractOrder implements kelond
         if (in.length % 3 != 0) out = out.append((in.length % 3 == 2) ? encodeLong((((0XffL & (long) in[pos]) << 8) + (0XffL & (long) in[pos + 1])) << 8, 4).substring(0, 3) : encodeLong((((0XffL & (long) in[pos])) << 8) << 8, 4).substring(0, 2));
         if (rfc1113compliant) while (out.length() % 4 > 0) out.append("=");
         // return result
-        return out.toString();
+        return new String(out);
     }
 
     public final String decodeString(String in) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBitfield.java b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBitfield.java
index ce1042987..9f8b6518d 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBitfield.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/kelondro/kelondroBitfield.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class kelondroBitfield implements Cloneable {
     public String toString() {
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(length());
         for (int i = length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) sb.append((this.get(i)) ? '1' : '0');
-        return sb.toString();
+        return new String(sb);
     }
     
     public boolean equals(kelondroBitfield x) {