diff --git a/code/modules/client/message.dm b/code/modules/client/message.dm
index d8532cbf06f..ae47da5fe4c 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/message.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/message.dm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(clientmessages)
 	ckey = ckey(ckey)
 	if (!ckey || !message)
 		return
-	if (!(ckey in GLOB.clientmessages))
-		GLOB.clientmessages[ckey] = list()
-	GLOB.clientmessages[ckey] += message
+	var/list/L = GLOB.clientmessages[ckey]
+	if(!L)
+		GLOB.clientmessages[ckey] = L = list()
+	L += message
diff --git a/code/modules/keybindings/bindings_client.dm b/code/modules/keybindings/bindings_client.dm
index 36eb9aef932..6f15ac2c643 100644
--- a/code/modules/keybindings/bindings_client.dm
+++ b/code/modules/keybindings/bindings_client.dm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	set hidden = TRUE
 
 	client_keysend_amount += 1
-		
+
 	var/cache = client_keysend_amount
 
 	if(keysend_tripped && next_keysend_trip_reset <= world.time)
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 	//don't want to kick people if a lag spike results in a huge flood of commands being sent
 	if(cache >= MAX_KEYPRESS_AUTOKICK)
 		if(!keysend_tripped)
-			keysend_tripped = TRUE		
+			keysend_tripped = TRUE
 			next_keysend_trip_reset = world.time + (2 SECONDS)
 		else
 			log_admin("Client [ckey] was just autokicked for flooding keysends; likely abuse but potentially lagspike.")
 			message_admins("Client [ckey] was just autokicked for flooding keysends; likely abuse but potentially lagspike.")
-			QDEL_IN(src, 1)
+			qdel(src)
 			return
 
 	///Check if the key is short enough to even be a real key
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 		to_chat(src, "<span class='userdanger'>Invalid KeyDown detected! You have been disconnected from the server automatically.</span>")
 		log_admin("Client [ckey] just attempted to send an invalid keypress. Keymessage was over [MAX_KEYPRESS_COMMANDLENGTH] characters, autokicking due to likely abuse.")
 		message_admins("Client [ckey] just attempted to send an invalid keypress. Keymessage was over [MAX_KEYPRESS_COMMANDLENGTH] characters, autokicking due to likely abuse.")
-		QDEL_IN(src, 1)
+		qdel(src)
 		return
-		
+
 	//Focus Chat failsafe. Overrides movement checks to prevent WASD.
 	if(!prefs.hotkeys && length(_key) == 1 && _key != "Alt" && _key != "Ctrl" && _key != "Shift")
 		winset(src, null, "input.focus=true ; input.text=[url_encode(_key)]")
diff --git a/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm b/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
index 0cdceb8ce96..ece08f30779 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/rdconsole.dm
@@ -847,11 +847,12 @@ Nothing else in the console has ID requirements.
 				ui += ui_settings()
 			if(RDSCREEN_DEVICE_LINKING)
 				ui += ui_device_linking()
+
 	for(var/i in 1 to length(ui))
 		if(!findtextEx(ui[i], RDSCREEN_NOBREAK))
 			ui[i] += "<br>"
-		ui[i] = replacetextEx(ui[i], RDSCREEN_NOBREAK, "")
-	return ui.Join("")
+	. = ui.Join("")
+	return replacetextEx(., RDSCREEN_NOBREAK, "")
 
 /obj/machinery/computer/rdconsole/Topic(raw, ls)
 	if(..())