diff --git a/includes/config.class.php b/includes/config.class.php
index 3f92b2f1..95b872b7 100644
--- a/includes/config.class.php
+++ b/includes/config.class.php
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ class Cfg
             return 'configuration option not found';
 
         if (self::$store[$key][self::IDX_FLAGS] & self::FLAG_PERSISTENT)
-            return 'can\'t delete persistent options';
+            return 'can\'t delete persistent option';
 
         if (!(self::$store[$key][self::IDX_FLAGS] & self::FLAG_PHP))
-            return 'can\'t delete non-php options';
+            return 'can\'t delete non-php option';
 
         if (self::$store[$key][self::IDX_FLAGS] & self::FLAG_INTERNAL)
-            return 'can\'t delete internal options';
+            return 'can\'t delete internal option';
 
         if (!DB::Aowow()->query('DELETE FROM ?_config WHERE `key` = ? AND (`flags` & ?d) = 0 AND (`flags` & ?d) > 0', $key, self::FLAG_PERSISTENT, self::FLAG_PHP))
             return 'internal error';
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class Cfg
             if (self::$isLoaded)
                 self::throwError('cfg not defined: '.strtoupper($key));
 
-            return '';
+            return null;
         }
 
         if ($fromDB && $fullInfo)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class Cfg
         [$oldValue, $flags, , , $comment] = self::$store[$key];
 
         if ($flags & self::FLAG_INTERNAL)
-            return 'can\'t set internal options directly';
+            return 'can\'t set an internal option directly';
 
         if ($err = self::validate($value, $flags, $comment))
             return $err;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class Cfg
 
         [$oldValue, $flags, , $default, ] = self::$store[$key];
         if ($flags & self::FLAG_INTERNAL)
-            return 'can\'t set internal options directly';
+            return 'can\'t set an internal option directly';
 
         if (!$default)
             return 'config option has no default value';
diff --git a/includes/game.php b/includes/game.php
index 83c38cdd..eb2edc72 100644
--- a/includes/game.php
+++ b/includes/game.php
@@ -318,16 +318,16 @@ class Game
         switch ($type)
         {
             case Type::NPC:
-                $result = DB::World()->select('SELECT `guid`    AS ARRAY_KEY,              `id`, `map` AS `mapId`, `position_y` AS `posX`, `position_x` AS `posY` FROM creature        WHERE `guid`    IN (?a)', $guids);
+                $result = DB::World()->select('SELECT `guid` AS ARRAY_KEY,              `id`, `map` AS `mapId`, `position_y` AS `posX`, `position_x` AS `posY` FROM creature        WHERE `guid` IN (?a)', $guids);
                 break;
             case Type::OBJECT:
-                $result = DB::World()->select('SELECT `guid`    AS ARRAY_KEY,              `id`, `map` AS `mapId`, `position_y` AS `posX`, `position_x` AS `posY` FROM gameobject      WHERE `guid`    IN (?a)', $guids);
+                $result = DB::World()->select('SELECT `guid` AS ARRAY_KEY,              `id`, `map` AS `mapId`, `position_y` AS `posX`, `position_x` AS `posY` FROM gameobject      WHERE `guid` IN (?a)', $guids);
                 break;
             case Type::SOUND:
-                $result = DB::AoWoW()->select('SELECT `soundId` AS ARRAY_KEY, `soundId` AS `id`,          `mapId`,                 `posX`,                 `posY` FROM ?_soundemitters WHERE `soundId` IN (?a)', $guids);
+                $result = DB::AoWoW()->select('SELECT `id`   AS ARRAY_KEY, `soundId` AS `id`,          `mapId`,                 `posX`,                 `posY` FROM ?_soundemitters WHERE `id`   IN (?a)', $guids);
                 break;
             case Type::AREATRIGGER:
-                $result = DB::AoWoW()->select('SELECT `id`      AS ARRAY_KEY,              `id`,          `mapId`,                 `posX`,                 `posY` FROM ?_areatrigger   WHERE `id`      IN (?a)', $guids);
+                $result = DB::AoWoW()->select('SELECT `id`   AS ARRAY_KEY,              `id`,          `mapId`,                 `posX`,                 `posY` FROM ?_areatrigger   WHERE `id`   IN (?a)', $guids);
                 break;
             default:
                 trigger_error('Game::getWorldPosForGUID - instanced with unsupported TYPE #'.$type, E_USER_WARNING);
diff --git a/includes/utilities.php b/includes/utilities.php
index 12b1c096..15086b96 100644
--- a/includes/utilities.php
+++ b/includes/utilities.php
@@ -177,19 +177,26 @@ abstract class CLI
                 $pads[$j] = max($pads[$j] ?? 0, mb_strlen(self::purgeEscapes($row[$j] ?? '')));
         }
 
-        foreach ($out as $j => $row)
+        foreach ($out as $i => $row)
         {
-            for ($i = 0; $i < $nCols; $i++)
-                $row[$i] = str_pad($row[$i] ?? '', $pads[$i] ?? 0);
+            for ($j = 0; $j < $nCols; $j++)
+            {
+                if (!isset($row[$j]))
+                    break;
 
-            if ($j || $headless)
+                $len = ($pads[$j] - mb_strlen(self::purgeEscapes($row[$j])));
+                for ($k = 0; $k < $len; $k++)               // can't use str_pad(). it counts invisible chars.
+                    $row[$j] .= ' ';
+            }
+
+            if ($i || $headless)
                 self::write(' '.implode(' ' . self::tblDelim(' ') . ' ', $row), -1, $timestamp);
             else
                 self::write(self::tblHead(' '.implode('   ', $row)), -1, $timestamp);
         }
 
         if (!$headless)
-            self::write(self::tblHead(str_pad('', array_sum($pads) + (count($pads) - 1) * 3)), -1, $timestamp);
+            self::write(self::tblHead(str_pad('', array_sum($pads) + count($pads) * 3 - 2)), -1, $timestamp);
 
         self::write();
     }
@@ -222,12 +229,12 @@ abstract class CLI
 
     private static function tblHead(string $str) : string
     {
-        return CLI_HAS_E ? "\e[1;39;100m".$str."\e[0m" : $str;
+        return CLI_HAS_E ? "\e[1;48;5;236m".$str."\e[0m" : $str;
     }
 
     private static function tblDelim(string $str) : string
     {
-        return CLI_HAS_E ? "\e[39;100m".$str."\e[0m" : $str;
+        return CLI_HAS_E ? "\e[48;5;236m".$str."\e[0m" : $str;
     }
 
     public static function grey(string $str) : string
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ abstract class CLI
 
     private static function purgeEscapes(string $msg) : string
     {
-        return preg_replace(["/\e\[\d+[mK]/", "/\e\[\d+G/"], ['', "\n"], $msg);
+        return preg_replace(["/\e\[[\d;]+[mK]/", "/\e\[\d+G/"], ['', "\n"], $msg);
     }
 
     public static function nicePath(string $fileOrPath, string ...$pathParts) : string