diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
index 2d31971..a4886ce 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/dispatchkit.hpp
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
       std::vector<Dynamic_Cast_Conversion> m_conversions;
 
       template<typename T, typename InItr>
-        void apply(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t) const
+        static void apply(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t) 
         {
           while (begin != end)
           {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         }
 
       template<typename T, typename InItr>
-        void apply_globals(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t) const
+        static void apply_globals(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t)
         {
           while (begin != end)
           {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         }
 
       template<typename T, typename InItr>
-        void apply_single(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t) const
+        static void apply_single(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t)
         {
           while (begin != end)
           {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         }
 
       template<typename T, typename InItr>
-        void apply_eval(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t) const
+        static void apply_eval(InItr begin, InItr end, T &t)
         {
           while (begin != end)
           {
@@ -484,16 +484,16 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
           add_object(name, obj);
         }
-        
+
 
         /**
          * Adds a named object to the current scope
          */
-        void add_object(const std::string &name, const Boxed_Value &obj)
+        void add_object(const std::string &name, const Boxed_Value &obj) const
         {
           StackData &stack = get_stack_data();
           validate_object_name(name);
-          
+
           Scope &scope = stack.back();
           auto itr = scope.find(name);
           if (itr != stack.back().end())
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
           return get_type_name(obj.get_type_info());
         }
 
-        State get_state()
+        State get_state() const
         {
           chaiscript::detail::threading::shared_lock<chaiscript::detail::threading::shared_mutex> l(m_mutex);
           chaiscript::detail::threading::shared_lock<chaiscript::detail::threading::shared_mutex> l2(m_global_object_mutex);
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 6491375..a5b3de1 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
 
     /// Helper function for loading a file
-    std::string load_file(const std::string &t_filename) {
+    static std::string load_file(const std::string &t_filename) {
       std::ifstream infile(t_filename.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary );
 
       if (!infile.is_open()) {
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index 471ca8c..99de4be 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
       /**
        * test a char in an m_alphabet
        */
-      bool char_in_alphabet(unsigned char c, detail::Alphabet a) { return m_alphabet[a][c]; }
+      bool char_in_alphabet(unsigned char c, detail::Alphabet a) const { return m_alphabet[a][c]; }
 
       /**
        * Prints the parsed ast_nodes as a tree
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
       /**
        * Shows the current stack of matched ast_nodes
        */
-      void show_match_stack() {
+      void show_match_stack() const {
         for (auto & elem : m_match_stack) {
           //debug_print(match_stack[i]);
           std::cout << elem->to_string();
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
       /**
        * Check to see if there is more text parse
        */
-      inline bool has_more_input() {
+      inline bool has_more_input() const {
         return (m_input_pos != m_input_end);
       }
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         return retval;
       }
 
-      Boxed_Value buildFloat(const std::string &t_val)
+      static Boxed_Value buildFloat(const std::string &t_val)
       {
         bool float_ = false;
         bool long_ = false;
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
 
       template<typename IntType>
-      Boxed_Value buildInt(const IntType &t_type, const std::string &t_val)
+      static Boxed_Value buildInt(const IntType &t_type, const std::string &t_val)
       {
         bool unsigned_ = false;
         bool long_ = false;