diff --git a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHash.cs b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHash.cs
index 05d30012beb823de0e4b18026ef1dd42f776f11a..3f8927af6a34ff87a2164a8fd0697d08746ea24f 100644
--- a/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHash.cs
+++ b/VectoCommon/VectoHashing/VectoHash.cs
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoHashing
 			}
 
 			query = component.IsReport()
-				? string.Format("*/*[local-name()='Data']/*[local-name()='ApplicationInformation']/*[local-name()='Date']")
+				? "*/*[local-name()='Data']/*[local-name()='ApplicationInformation']/*[local-name()='Date']"
 				: string.Format("*/*[local-name()='{0}']/*/*[local-name()='Date']", component.XMLElementName());
 			var dateNode = Document.SelectSingleNode(query);
 			if (dateNode == null) {
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCore/Models/BusAuxiliaries/Util/FilePathUtils.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCore/Models/BusAuxiliaries/Util/FilePathUtils.cs
index 529d1a23ae7b73faebeb2b798f1663a3def9d481..51bf8c60353030396b117e1f1ce7dc45e0cfde66 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCore/Models/BusAuxiliaries/Util/FilePathUtils.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCore/Models/BusAuxiliaries/Util/FilePathUtils.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Models.BusAuxiliaries.Util {
 
 			// Illegal characters
 			if (!fileNameLegal(fileNameOnlyWithExtension)) {
-				message = string.Format("The filenames have one or more illegal characters");
+				message = "The filenames have one or more illegal characters";
 				return false;
 			}
 
diff --git a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Models/Simulation/SimulationPreprocessingTest.cs b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Models/Simulation/SimulationPreprocessingTest.cs
index 62433b2106f5eccff6aee0dfe8ce6e5820b31a20..f154d32a4a84e693d3e4313fcc84e6886e0fc211 100644
--- a/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Models/Simulation/SimulationPreprocessingTest.cs
+++ b/VectoCore/VectoCoreTest/Models/Simulation/SimulationPreprocessingTest.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Tests.Models.Simulation
 
 				var lookup = SimulationRunPreprocessingEcoRoll(jobContainer.Runs[i].Run);
 
-				Console.WriteLine(string.Format("run: {0}{1} vehicle mass: {2}", jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunName, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunSuffix, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.GetContainer().RunData.VehicleData.TotalVehicleMass));
+				Console.WriteLine("run: {0}{1} vehicle mass: {2}", jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunName, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunSuffix, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.GetContainer().RunData.VehicleData.TotalVehicleMass);
 				foreach (var tuple in lookup) {
 					Console.WriteLine("velocity: {0}, slope: {1},", tuple.Key, tuple.Value);
 				}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Tests.Models.Simulation
 
 			var lookup = SimulationRunPreprocessingEcoRoll(jobContainer.Runs[i].Run);
 
-			Console.WriteLine(string.Format("run: {0}{1} vehicle mass: {2}", jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunName, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunSuffix, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.GetContainer().RunData.VehicleData.TotalVehicleMass));
+			Console.WriteLine("run: {0}{1} vehicle mass: {2}", jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunName, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunSuffix, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.GetContainer().RunData.VehicleData.TotalVehicleMass);
 			foreach (var tuple in lookup) {
 				Console.WriteLine("velocity: {0}, slope: {1},", tuple.Key, tuple.Value);
 			}
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace TUGraz.VectoCore.Tests.Models.Simulation
 
 			var segments = SimulationRunPreprocessingPCCSegments(jobContainer.Runs[i].Run);
 
-			Console.WriteLine(string.Format("run: {0}{1} vehicle mass: {2}", jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunName, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunSuffix, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.GetContainer().RunData.VehicleData.TotalVehicleMass));
+			Console.WriteLine("run: {0}{1} vehicle mass: {2}", jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunName, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.RunSuffix, jobContainer.Runs[i].Run.GetContainer().RunData.VehicleData.TotalVehicleMass);
 			foreach (var entry in segments.Segments) {
 				Console.WriteLine("x_start: {0}, x_vLow: {1}, x_end: {2}", entry.StartDistance, entry.DistanceMinSpeed, entry.EndDistance);
 			}