diff --git a/source/dataman/CacheMan.cpp b/source/dataman/CacheMan.cpp
index 11ee6d3b38f7c3f94163a87e950b1e7af4f01df8..46384219f1a6ff0eb77995ee4f3827bac479bc6a 100644
--- a/source/dataman/CacheMan.cpp
+++ b/source/dataman/CacheMan.cpp
@@ -44,25 +44,20 @@ int CacheItem::put(const void *a_data, json a_jmsg)
     size_t varbytes = a_jmsg["varbytes"].get<size_t>();
     size_t dsize = a_jmsg["dsize"].get<size_t>();
 
-    size_t timestep = 0;
-
     if (m_cache.empty())
     {
         push();
     }
 
-    if (a_jmsg["timestep"].is_number())
-    {
-        timestep = a_jmsg["timestep"].get<size_t>();
-    }
-
     for (size_t i = 0; i < putsize; i += chunksize)
     {
         std::vector<size_t> p = one2multi(putshape, i);
         p = apply_offset(p, offset);
         size_t ig = multi2one(varshape, p);
-        std::copy((char *)a_data + i * dsize,
-                  (char *)a_data + i * dsize + chunksize * dsize,
+        std::copy(const_cast<char *>(static_cast<const char *>(a_data)) +
+                      i * dsize,
+                  const_cast<char *>(static_cast<const char *>(a_data)) +
+                      i * dsize + chunksize * dsize,
                   m_cache.back().data() + ig * dsize);
     }
 
@@ -78,9 +73,9 @@ void *CacheMan::get(std::string doid, std::string var)
 
 void CacheMan::pop()
 {
-    for (auto i : m_cache)
+    for (auto &i : m_cache)
     {
-        for (auto j : i.second)
+        for (auto &j : i.second)
         {
             j.second.pop();
         }
@@ -93,9 +88,9 @@ void CacheItem::pop() { m_cache.pop(); }
 
 void CacheMan::push()
 {
-    for (auto i : m_cache)
+    for (auto &i : m_cache)
     {
-        for (auto j : i.second)
+        for (auto &j : i.second)
         {
             j.second.push();
         }
@@ -106,75 +101,73 @@ void CacheMan::push()
 void CacheItem::push()
 {
     size_t varbytes = m_jmsg["varbytes"].get<size_t>();
-    std::vector<char> buff(varbytes);
-    clean(buff, m_clean_mode);
-    m_cache.push(buff);
-}
-
-void CacheItem::clean(std::string a_mode) { clean(m_cache.front(), a_mode); }
-void CacheMan::clean(std::string a_mode)
-{
-    for (auto i : m_cache)
-    {
-        for (auto j : i.second)
-        {
-            j.second.clean(a_mode);
-        }
-    }
+    m_cache.push(std::vector<char>(varbytes));
+    clean("nan");
 }
 
-void CacheItem::clean(std::vector<char> &a_data, std::string a_mode)
+void CacheItem::clean(std::string a_mode)
 {
     size_t varbytes = m_jmsg["varbytes"].get<size_t>();
     size_t varsize = m_jmsg["varsize"].get<size_t>();
     std::string dtype = m_jmsg["dtype"].get<std::string>();
     if (a_mode == "zero")
     {
-        std::memset(a_data.data(), 0, varbytes);
+        std::memset(m_cache.front().data(), 0, varbytes);
         return;
     }
     else if (a_mode == "nan")
     {
         if (dtype == "float")
         {
-            for (size_t j = 0; j < varsize; j++)
+            for (size_t j = 0; j < varsize; ++j)
             {
-                ((float *)a_data.data())[j] =
+                (reinterpret_cast<float *>(m_cache.front().data()))[j] =
                     std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN();
             }
         }
         else if (dtype == "double")
         {
-            for (size_t j = 0; j < varsize; j++)
+            for (size_t j = 0; j < varsize; ++j)
             {
-                ((double *)a_data.data())[j] =
+                (reinterpret_cast<double *>(m_cache.front().data()))[j] =
                     std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN();
             }
         }
         else if (dtype == "int")
         {
-            for (size_t j = 0; j < varsize; j++)
+            for (size_t j = 0; j < varsize; ++j)
             {
-                ((int *)a_data.data())[j] =
+                (reinterpret_cast<int *>(m_cache.front().data()))[j] =
                     std::numeric_limits<int>::quiet_NaN();
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
+void CacheMan::clean(std::string a_mode)
+{
+    for (auto &i : m_cache)
+    {
+        for (auto &j : i.second)
+        {
+            j.second.clean(a_mode);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 std::vector<std::string> CacheMan::get_do_list()
 {
     std::vector<std::string> do_list;
-    for (auto it = m_cache.begin(); it != m_cache.end(); ++it)
-        do_list.push_back(it->first);
+    for (const auto &i : m_cache)
+        do_list.push_back(i.first);
     return do_list;
 }
 
 std::vector<std::string> CacheMan::get_var_list(std::string doid)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> var_list;
-    for (auto it = m_cache[doid].begin(); it != m_cache[doid].end(); ++it)
-        var_list.push_back(it->first);
+    for (const auto &i : m_cache[doid])
+        var_list.push_back(i.first);
     return var_list;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/dataman/CacheMan.h b/source/dataman/CacheMan.h
index f27051d7ec35a54b0d3255ad289203c87233d0db..6cfb50a950fb19e5d7201060eeeb9d535b2f225c 100644
--- a/source/dataman/CacheMan.h
+++ b/source/dataman/CacheMan.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
     void push();
     json get_jmsg();
     void clean(std::vector<char> &a_data, std::string a_mode);
-    std::string m_clean_mode = "nan";
+    std::string m_clean_mode;
 
 private:
     std::queue<std::vector<char>> m_cache;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ private:
                                             const std::vector<size_t> &o)
     {
         std::vector<size_t> g;
-        for (int i = 0; i < p.size(); i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < p.size(); ++i)
         {
             g.push_back(p[i] + o[i]);
         }
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ private:
                             const std::vector<size_t> &p)
     {
         size_t index = 0;
-        for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); i++)
+        for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); ++i)
         {
             index += std::accumulate(v.begin() + i, v.end(), p[i - 1],
                                      std::multiplies<size_t>());
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ private:
     inline std::vector<size_t> one2multi(const std::vector<size_t> &v, size_t p)
     {
         std::vector<size_t> index(v.size());
-        for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); i++)
+        for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); ++i)
         {
             size_t s = std::accumulate(v.begin() + i, v.end(), 1,
                                        std::multiplies<size_t>());
diff --git a/source/dataman/DataMan.cpp b/source/dataman/DataMan.cpp
index d9c4393967b056f4374398f1b15423823a3a24f1..8bc55fcb79f8391c2b8f12e6a01c331fb084d214 100644
--- a/source/dataman/DataMan.cpp
+++ b/source/dataman/DataMan.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ int DataMan::put(const void *a_data, std::string p_doid, std::string p_var,
 
 int DataMan::put(const void *a_data, json a_jmsg)
 {
+    a_jmsg["timestep"] = m_timestep;
     if (m_cache_size > 0)
     {
         check_shape(a_jmsg);
@@ -58,14 +59,14 @@ void DataMan::add_stream(json a_jmsg)
 
     if (m_tolerance.size() < m_num_channels)
     {
-        for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; ++i)
         {
             m_tolerance.push_back(0);
         }
     }
     if (m_priority.size() < m_num_channels)
     {
-        for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; i++)
+        for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; ++i)
         {
             m_priority.push_back(100 / (i + 1));
         }
@@ -93,13 +94,13 @@ void DataMan::flush()
     {
         if (m_cache_size == m_cache.get_timesteps_cached())
         {
-            for (int i = 0; i < m_cache_size; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < m_cache_size; ++i)
             {
                 std::vector<std::string> do_list = m_cache.get_do_list();
-                for (auto j : do_list)
+                for (const auto &j : do_list)
                 {
                     std::vector<std::string> var_list = m_cache.get_var_list(j);
-                    for (auto k : var_list)
+                    for (const auto &k : var_list)
                     {
                         json jmsg = m_cache.get_jmsg(j, k);
                         put_begin(m_cache.get(j, k), jmsg);
diff --git a/source/dataman/DataManBase.cpp b/source/dataman/DataManBase.cpp
index 941e6cbd2cc2f24f5023f45f1fdce845f97b7bda..e386249e7df9564fb53d4151667ded61f07bd826 100644
--- a/source/dataman/DataManBase.cpp
+++ b/source/dataman/DataManBase.cpp
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ void DataManBase::reg_callback(
                        std::vector<size_t>)>
         cb)
 {
-    if (m_next.size() == 0)
+    if (m_next.empty())
     {
         m_callback = cb;
     }
     else
     {
-        for (auto i : m_next)
+        for (const auto &i : m_next)
         {
             i.second->reg_callback(cb);
         }
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ void DataManBase::dump(const void *p_data, json p_jmsg, std::ostream &out)
     std::string dtype = p_jmsg["dtype"];
     size_t length = p_jmsg["dumplength"].get<size_t>();
     size_t s = 0;
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < product(p_varshape, 1); i++)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < product(p_varshape, 1); ++i)
     {
         s++;
-        out << ((float *)p_data)[i] << " ";
+        out << (static_cast<const float *>(p_data))[i] << " ";
         if (s == length)
         {
             out << std::endl;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void DataManBase::remove_next(std::string p_name) { m_next.erase(p_name); }
 
 bool DataManBase::have_next()
 {
-    if (m_next.size() == 0)
+    if (m_next.empty())
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ bool DataManBase::have_next()
 
 void DataManBase::print_next(std::ostream &out)
 {
-    for (auto i : m_next)
+    for (const auto &i : m_next)
     {
         out << i.second->name() << " -> ";
         i.second->print_next();
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void DataManBase::add_man_to_path(std::string p_new, std::string p_path,
 
 int DataManBase::flush_next()
 {
-    for (auto i : m_next)
+    for (const auto &i : m_next)
     {
         i.second->flush();
     }
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int DataManBase::flush_next()
 
 int DataManBase::put_next(const void *p_data, json p_jmsg)
 {
-    for (auto i : m_next)
+    for (const auto &i : m_next)
     {
         i.second->put(p_data, p_jmsg);
     }
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ bool DataManBase::check_json(json p_jmsg, std::vector<std::string> p_strings,
     {
         p_man = name();
     }
-    for (auto i : p_strings)
+    for (const auto &i : p_strings)
     {
         if (p_jmsg[i] == nullptr)
         {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ size_t DataManBase::product(size_t *shape)
     size_t s = 1;
     if (shape)
     {
-        for (size_t i = 1; i <= shape[0]; i++)
+        for (size_t i = 1; i <= shape[0]; ++i)
         {
             s *= shape[i];
         }
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ nlohmann::json DataManBase::atoj(unsigned int *array)
         if (array[0] > 0)
         {
             j = {array[1]};
-            for (unsigned int i = 2; i <= array[0]; i++)
+            for (unsigned int i = 2; i <= array[0]; ++i)
             {
                 j.insert(j.end(), array[i]);
             }
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ nlohmann::json DataManBase::atoj(unsigned int *array)
 int DataManBase::closest(int v, json j, bool up)
 {
     int s = 100, k = 0, t;
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < j.size(); i++)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < j.size(); ++i)
     {
         if (up)
         {
diff --git a/source/dataman/DumpMan.cpp b/source/dataman/DumpMan.cpp
index 1a85e4bf357c93653dbc5f7bdf1baa02d83aa4eb..b87c9ba02bd8399efa8c02e00728b5c2c88c5dd1 100644
--- a/source/dataman/DumpMan.cpp
+++ b/source/dataman/DumpMan.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int DumpMan::put(const void *p_data, json p_jmsg)
     auto_transform(data, p_jmsg);
 
     void *data_to_print = data.data();
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < numbers_to_print; i++)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < numbers_to_print; ++i)
     {
         if (dtype == "float")
         {
diff --git a/source/dataman/MdtmMan.cpp b/source/dataman/MdtmMan.cpp
index 02e47706a4e0aa773331ae3bd02a0dfc7f21937b..40aed77d70e6304dafe09a3c5c695825fb0abf9c 100644
--- a/source/dataman/MdtmMan.cpp
+++ b/source/dataman/MdtmMan.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int MdtmMan::init(json p_jmsg)
     pipe_desc["mode"] = m_stream_mode;
 
     std::string pipename_prefix = "MdtmManPipe";
-    for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; i++)
+    for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; ++i)
     {
         std::stringstream pipename;
         pipename << pipename_prefix << i;
@@ -76,13 +76,14 @@ int MdtmMan::init(json p_jmsg)
 
     // Pipes
     mkdir(pipe_desc["pipe_prefix"].get<std::string>().c_str(), 0755);
-    for (auto i : pipe_desc["pipe_names"].get<std::vector<std::string>>())
+    for (const auto &i :
+         pipe_desc["pipe_names"].get<std::vector<std::string>>())
     {
         std::string filename = pipe_desc["pipe_prefix"].get<std::string>() + i;
         mkfifo(filename.c_str(), 0666);
     }
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; i++)
+    for (int i = 0; i < m_num_channels; ++i)
     {
         std::stringstream pipename;
         pipename << pipename_prefix << i;
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ void MdtmMan::on_recv(json a_jmsg)
                 break;
             }
             int pipeindex = 0;
-            for (int i = 0; i < pipenames.size(); i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < pipenames.size(); ++i)
             {
                 if (jmsg["pipe"].get<std::string>() == pipenames[i])
                 {
diff --git a/source/dataman/StreamMan.cpp b/source/dataman/StreamMan.cpp
index d4d84f29f47169c65de7f91c81a7887d088aa417..68e08ab946722e7fb7792904eb8e166dc3f15e05 100644
--- a/source/dataman/StreamMan.cpp
+++ b/source/dataman/StreamMan.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int StreamMan::callback()
                 m_cache.get_jmsg(i, j)["varshape"].get<std::vector<size_t>>());
         }
     }
-
+    m_cache.clean("nan");
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ void StreamMan::zmq_meta_rep_thread_func()
         std::string smsg = msg;
         if (ret >= 0)
         {
-            json j = json::parse(msg);
-            logging("StreamMan::zmq_meta_rep_thread_func: \n" + j.dump(4));
-            on_recv(j);
+            json jmsg = json::parse(msg);
+            logging("StreamMan::zmq_meta_rep_thread_func: \n" + jmsg.dump(4));
+            on_recv(jmsg);
         }
         usleep(10);
     }