diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index e9c7b92..26de7bf 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -22,20 +22,19 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	while ((option = getopt(argc, argv, ":d:l:m:u:c:vi")) != -1) {
 		switch (option) {
 		case 'd':
-			estrlcpy(chroot_dir, optarg, sizeof(chroot_dir));
+			esnprintf(chroot_dir, sizeof(chroot_dir), "%s", optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'l':
-			estrlcpy(lang, "lang=", sizeof(lang));
-			estrlcat(lang, optarg, sizeof(lang));
+			esnprintf(lang, sizeof(lang), "lang=%s", optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'm':
-			estrlcpy(default_mime, optarg, sizeof(default_mime));
+			esnprintf(default_mime, sizeof(default_mime), "%s", optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'u':
-			estrlcpy(user, optarg, sizeof(user));
+			esnprintf(user, sizeof(user), "%s", optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'c':
-			estrlcpy(cgi_dir, optarg, sizeof(cgi_dir));
+			esnprintf(cgi_dir, sizeof(cgi_dir), "%s", optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'v':
 			virtualhost = 1;
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 89bc991..e4c1f64 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -45,29 +45,21 @@ epledge(const char *promises, const char *execpromises)
 #endif
 
 size_t
-estrlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dstsize)
+esnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
 {
-	size_t n = 0;
+	/* usage : esnprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s ... %s", arg1, arg2); */
+	va_list ap;
+	size_t ret = 0;
 
-	n = strlcpy(dst, src, dstsize);
-	if (n >= dstsize) {
-		status(41, "strlcpy failed, see logs");
-		stop(EXIT_FAILURE, "strlcpy() failed for %s = %s", dst, src);
+	va_start(ap, format);
+	ret = vsnprintf(str, size, format, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	if (ret < 0 || ret >= size) {
+		status(41, "vnsprintf failed: Output trunkated");
+		stop(EXIT_FAILURE, "vsnprintf: Output trunkated");
 	}
 
-	return n;
-}
-
-size_t
-estrlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t dstsize)
-{
-	size_t size;
-	if ((size = strlcat(dst, src, dstsize)) >= dstsize) {
-		status(41, "strlcat() failed, see logs");
-		stop(EXIT_FAILURE, "strlcat on %s + %s", dst, src);
-	}
-
-	return size;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/utils.h b/utils.h
index 72d64e8..0f8266b 100644
--- a/utils.h
+++ b/utils.h
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 void		getsubexp(const char *, regmatch_t, char *);
-void		echdir   (const char *);
+void		echdir(const char *);
 void		epledge(const char *, const char *);
 void		eunveil(const char *, const char *);
 int		esetenv(const char *, const char *, int);
-size_t		estrlcat(char *, const char *, size_t);
-size_t		estrlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
+size_t		esnprintf(char *, size_t, const char *, ...);
 size_t		print_file(FILE *fd);
 void		set_errmsg(const char *, ...);
diff --git a/vger.c b/vger.c
index f4e0b97..df7772b 100644
--- a/vger.c
+++ b/vger.c
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ do_cgi(const char *chroot_dir, const char *cgi_dir, const char *path, const char
 	 * cgi_dir + strlen(chrootdir) (skip chrootdir)
 	*/
 
-	estrlcpy(cgirp, cgi_dir + strlen(chroot_dir), sizeof(cgirp));
+	esnprintf(cgirp, sizeof(cgirp), "%s", cgi_dir + strlen(chroot_dir));
 	/* ensure there is no leading / if user didn't end chrootdir with */
 	while (*cgirp == '/')
-		estrlcpy(cgirp, cgirp+1, sizeof(cgirp));
+		memmove(cgirp, cgirp+1, strlen(cgirp+1)+1);
 
 	if (strncmp(cgirp, path, strlen(cgirp)) != 0)
 		return 1; /* not in cgi_dir, go to display_file */
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ do_cgi(const char *chroot_dir, const char *cgi_dir, const char *path, const char
 	*/
 
 	/* cgi file to execute */
-	estrlcpy(cgifp, path + strlen(cgirp) + 1, sizeof(cgifp));
+	esnprintf(cgifp, sizeof(cgifp), "%s", path + strlen(cgirp) + 1);
 	if (!(*cgifp)) /* problem with cgi file, abort */
 		return 1;
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ read_request(char *request)
 	request[strcspn(request, "\r\n")] = '\0';
 
 	/* save request for logs */
-	estrlcpy(_request, request, sizeof(_request));
+	esnprintf(_request, sizeof(_request), "%s", request);
 
 	/* remove all "/.." for safety reasons */
 	while ((pos = strstr(request, "/..")) != NULL)
@@ -369,19 +369,17 @@ read_request(char *request)
 char *
 set_path(char *path, size_t pathsiz, int virtualhost, const char *hostname)
 {
-	char		tmp[GEMINI_REQUEST_MAX] = {'\0'};
-
-	if (strlen(path) == 0) /* this is root dir */
-		estrlcpy(path, "./", pathsiz);
-
 	/* path is in a subdir named hostname */
 	if (virtualhost) {
-		estrlcpy(tmp, hostname, sizeof(tmp));
-		estrlcat(tmp, "/", sizeof(tmp));
-		estrlcat(tmp, path, sizeof(tmp));
-		estrlcpy(path, tmp, pathsiz);
+		char	tmp[GEMINI_REQUEST_MAX] = {'\0'};
+		esnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/%s", hostname, path);
+		esnprintf(path, pathsiz, "%s", tmp);
 	}
 
+	if (strlen(path) == 0) /* this is root dir */
+		esnprintf(path, pathsiz, "./");
+
+
 	return path;
 }
 
@@ -406,21 +404,17 @@ check_path(char *path, size_t pathsiz, int virtualhost, size_t hstnm_o)
 		/* check if dir path end with "/" */
 		if (path[strlen(path) - 1] != '/') {
 			/* redirect to the dir with appropriate ending '/' */
-			estrlcpy(tmp, "/", sizeof(tmp));
 			if (virtualhost)	/* skip hostname */
-				estrlcat(tmp, path+hstnm_o+1, sizeof(tmp));
+				esnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "/%s/", path+hstnm_o+1);
 			else
-				estrlcat(tmp, path, sizeof(tmp));
-			estrlcat(tmp, "/", sizeof(tmp));
+				esnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "/%s/", path);
 			status(31, "%s", tmp);
 			stop(EXIT_SUCCESS, NULL);
 		}
 		/* check if DEFAULT_INDEX exists in directory */
-		estrlcpy(tmp, path, sizeof(tmp));
-		estrlcat(tmp, "/", sizeof(tmp));
-		estrlcat(tmp, DEFAULT_INDEX, sizeof(tmp));
+		esnprintf(tmp, sizeof(tmp), "%s/%s", path, DEFAULT_INDEX);
 		if (stat(tmp, &sb) == 0)
-			estrlcpy(path, tmp, pathsiz);
+			esnprintf(path, pathsiz, "%s", tmp);
 	}
 }