diff --git a/include/authorization.hpp b/include/authorization.hpp
index 27d7b32..f8e74b9 100644
--- a/include/authorization.hpp
+++ b/include/authorization.hpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     // needed.
     // This whole flow needs to be revisited anyway, as we can't be
     // calling directly into pam for every request
-    std::string unsupportedClientId = "";
+    std::string unsupportedClientId;
     return persistent_data::SessionStore::getInstance().generateUserSession(
         user, clientIp, unsupportedClientId,
         persistent_data::PersistenceType::SINGLE_REQUEST, isConfigureSelfOnly);
diff --git a/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp b/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp
index e80e727..39146c9 100644
--- a/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp
+++ b/include/ibm/management_console_rest.hpp
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@
         asyncResp->res.result(boost::beast::http::status::conflict);
         auto var =
             std::get<std::pair<uint32_t, LockRequest>>(conflictStatus.second);
-        nlohmann::json returnJson, segments;
+        nlohmann::json returnJson;
+        nlohmann::json segments;
         nlohmann::json myarray = nlohmann::json::array();
         returnJson["TransactionID"] = var.first;
         returnJson["SessionID"] = std::get<0>(var.second);
@@ -579,7 +580,8 @@
     asyncResp->res.result(boost::beast::http::status::unauthorized);
 
     auto var = statusRelease.second;
-    nlohmann::json returnJson, segments;
+    nlohmann::json returnJson;
+    nlohmann::json segments;
     nlohmann::json myArray = nlohmann::json::array();
     returnJson["TransactionID"] = var.first;
     returnJson["SessionID"] = std::get<0>(var.second);
diff --git a/include/login_routes.hpp b/include/login_routes.hpp
index c918cdd..1087b0b 100644
--- a/include/login_routes.hpp
+++ b/include/login_routes.hpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    std::string unsupportedClientId = "";
+                    std::string unsupportedClientId;
                     auto session =
                         persistent_data::SessionStore::getInstance()
                             .generateUserSession(
diff --git a/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp b/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp
index 8aab757..6861571 100644
--- a/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp
+++ b/include/openbmc_dbus_rest.hpp
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@
 
     // If accessing a single attribute, fill in and update objectPath,
     // otherwise leave destProperty blank
-    std::string destProperty = "";
+    std::string destProperty;
     const char* attrSeperator = "/attr/";
     size_t attrPosition = objectPath.find(attrSeperator);
     if (attrPosition != objectPath.npos)
diff --git a/include/persistent_data.hpp b/include/persistent_data.hpp
index 47bb8a9..02f2cce 100644
--- a/include/persistent_data.hpp
+++ b/include/persistent_data.hpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
         persistentFile << data;
     }
 
-    std::string systemUuid{""};
+    std::string systemUuid;
 };
 
 inline ConfigFile& getConfig()