diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7fbc1cb1..0c045c6e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -282,19 +282,19 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
   std::vector<std::string> usepaths;
-  usepaths.push_back("");
+  usepaths.emplace_back("");
   if (usepath != nullptr)
   {
-    usepaths.push_back(usepath);
+    usepaths.emplace_back(usepath);
   }
 
   std::vector<std::string> modulepaths;
   std::vector<std::string> searchpaths = default_search_paths();
   modulepaths.insert(modulepaths.end(), searchpaths.begin(), searchpaths.end());
-  modulepaths.push_back("");
+  modulepaths.emplace_back("");
   if (modulepath != nullptr)
   {
-    modulepaths.push_back(modulepath);
+    modulepaths.emplace_back(modulepath);
   }
 
   chaiscript::ChaiScript_Basic chai(create_chaiscript_stdlib(),create_chaiscript_parser(),modulepaths,usepaths);
diff --git a/unittests/multithreaded_test.cpp b/unittests/multithreaded_test.cpp
index e2d0240b..9241f743 100644
--- a/unittests/multithreaded_test.cpp
+++ b/unittests/multithreaded_test.cpp
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ int main()
 #endif
 
   std::vector<std::string> usepaths;
-  usepaths.push_back("");
+  usepaths.emplace_back("");
   if (usepath)
   {
-    usepaths.push_back(usepath);
+    usepaths.emplace_back(usepath);
   }
 
   std::vector<std::string> modulepaths;
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ int main()
 #ifdef CHAISCRIPT_NO_DYNLOAD
   chaiscript::ChaiScript chai(/* unused */modulepaths, usepaths);
 #else
-  modulepaths.push_back("");
+  modulepaths.emplace_back("");
   if (modulepath)
   {
-    modulepaths.push_back(modulepath);
+    modulepaths.emplace_back(modulepath);
   }
   
   // For this test we are going to load the dynamic stdlib