diff --git a/include/OpenABF/MeshIOUtils.hpp b/include/OpenABF/MeshIOUtils.hpp
index 3df5b43..64e71ec 100644
--- a/include/OpenABF/MeshIOUtils.hpp
+++ b/include/OpenABF/MeshIOUtils.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ static auto icase_compare(const std::string_view a, const std::string_view b) ->
 static auto trim_left(std::string_view s) -> std::string_view
 {
     const auto& loc = std::locale();
-    const auto* start = std::find_if_not(std::begin(s), std::end(s),
-                                         [&loc](auto ch) -> bool { return std::isspace(ch, loc); });
+    const auto start = std::find_if_not(std::begin(s), std::end(s),
+                                        [&loc](auto ch) -> bool { return std::isspace(ch, loc); });
     s.remove_prefix(std::distance(std::begin(s), start));
     return s;
 }
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ static auto trim_left(std::string_view s) -> std::string_view
 static auto trim_right(std::string_view s) -> std::string_view
 {
     const auto& loc = std::locale();
-    const auto* start = std::find_if_not(s.rbegin(), s.rend(), [&loc](auto ch) -> bool {
-                            return std::isspace(ch, loc);
-                        }).base();
+    const auto start = std::find_if_not(s.rbegin(), s.rend(), [&loc](auto ch) -> bool {
+                           return std::isspace(ch, loc);
+                       }).base();
     s.remove_suffix(std::distance(start, std::end(s)));
     return s;
 }
diff --git a/single_include/OpenABF/OpenABF.hpp b/single_include/OpenABF/OpenABF.hpp
index 9296180..d2d48c5 100644
--- a/single_include/OpenABF/OpenABF.hpp
+++ b/single_include/OpenABF/OpenABF.hpp
@@ -4435,8 +4435,8 @@ static auto icase_compare(const std::string_view a, const std::string_view b) ->
 static auto trim_left(std::string_view s) -> std::string_view
 {
     const auto& loc = std::locale();
-    const auto* start = std::find_if_not(std::begin(s), std::end(s),
-                                         [&loc](auto ch) -> bool { return std::isspace(ch, loc); });
+    const auto start = std::find_if_not(std::begin(s), std::end(s),
+                                        [&loc](auto ch) -> bool { return std::isspace(ch, loc); });
     s.remove_prefix(std::distance(std::begin(s), start));
     return s;
 }
@@ -4445,9 +4445,9 @@ static auto trim_left(std::string_view s) -> std::string_view
 static auto trim_right(std::string_view s) -> std::string_view
 {
     const auto& loc = std::locale();
-    const auto* start = std::find_if_not(s.rbegin(), s.rend(), [&loc](auto ch) -> bool {
-                            return std::isspace(ch, loc);
-                        }).base();
+    const auto start = std::find_if_not(s.rbegin(), s.rend(), [&loc](auto ch) -> bool {
+                           return std::isspace(ch, loc);
+                       }).base();
     s.remove_suffix(std::distance(start, std::end(s)));
     return s;
 }