diff --git a/include/llarp/aligned.hpp b/include/llarp/aligned.hpp
index 470a1221c..25db87ee1 100644
--- a/include/llarp/aligned.hpp
+++ b/include/llarp/aligned.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <llarp/crypto.h>
 #include <sodium.h>
+#include <iomanip>
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace llarp
@@ -37,22 +38,19 @@ namespace llarp
       return buf.b[idx];
     }
 
-    std::ostream&
-    operator<<(std::ostream& out) const
+    std::string
+    Hex() const
     {
-      char buf[(1 + sz) * 2] = {0};
-      size_t idx             = 0;
-      char* ptr              = buf;
-      char* end              = ptr + (sz * 2);
+      std::stringstream out;
+      std::string str;
+      size_t idx = 0;
       while(idx < sz)
       {
-        auto wrote = snprintf(ptr, end - ptr, "%.2x", buf.b[idx]);
-        if(wrote == -1)
-          break;
-        ++idx;
-        ptr += wrote;
+        out << std::hex << std::setw(2) << std::setfill('0')
+            << (int)buf.b[++idx];
       }
-      return out << std::string(buf);
+      str = out.str();
+      return str;
     }
 
     bool
diff --git a/llarp/link_intro.cpp b/llarp/link_intro.cpp
index 00cb12f0a..90e4f748f 100644
--- a/llarp/link_intro.cpp
+++ b/llarp/link_intro.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace llarp
   bool
   LinkIntroMessage::HandleMessage(llarp_router* router) const
   {
-    llarp::Info(__FILE__, "got LIM from ", remote);
+    llarp::Info(__FILE__, "got LIM from ", remote.Hex());
     return true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/llarp/router.cpp b/llarp/router.cpp
index ab5a83543..efbcddb97 100644
--- a/llarp/router.cpp
+++ b/llarp/router.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ llarp_router::SendToOrQueue(const llarp::RouterID &remote,
 
     if(!llarp_nodedb_find_rc(nodedb, &rc, k))
     {
-      llarp::Warn(__FILE__, "cannot find router ", remote,
+      llarp::Warn(__FILE__, "cannot find router ", remote.Hex(),
                   " locally so we are dropping ", msgs.size(),
                   " messages to them");