diff -r 07b815faa6ac -r f00d03835dd9 src/server/safs/pathcheck.c
--- a/src/server/safs/pathcheck.c	Tue Dec 30 21:44:49 2025 +0100
+++ b/src/server/safs/pathcheck.c	Tue Jan 13 18:09:20 2026 +0100
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     
     uint32_t access_mask = 0;
     cxstring *rights = NULL;
-    ssize_t n = cx_strsplit_a(pool_allocator(sn->pool), cx_str(mask_str), (cxstring){",", 1}, PATHCHECK_MAX_TOKENS, &rights);
+    ssize_t n = cx_strsplit_a(pool_allocator(sn->pool), cx_str(mask_str), ",", PATHCHECK_MAX_TOKENS, &rights);
     for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
         cxstring right = rights[i];
         access_mask = access_mask | accstr2int(right);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     }
     
     cxstring *names = NULL;
-    ssize_t ni = cx_strsplit_a(pool_allocator(sn->pool), cx_str(inames), (cxstring)CX_STR(","), PATHCHECK_MAX_TOKENS, &names);
+    ssize_t ni = cx_strsplit_a(pool_allocator(sn->pool), cx_str(inames), ",", PATHCHECK_MAX_TOKENS, &names);
     if(ni <= 0) {
         log_ereport(
                 LOG_MISCONFIG,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     cxstring p = cx_strn(path, pathlen);
     if(path[pathlen-1] == '/') {
         for(int i=0;i<ni;i++) {
-            cxmutstr newpath = cx_strcat(2, p, cx_strtrim(names[i]));
+            cxmutstr newpath = cx_strcat(CX_NULLSTR, 2, p, cx_strtrim(names[i]));
             struct stat s;
             if(!vfs_stat(vfs, newpath.ptr, &s)) {
                 pblock_kvinsert(