diff --git a/fairmq/DeviceRunner.cxx b/fairmq/DeviceRunner.cxx
index 71c955d2..08474097 100644
--- a/fairmq/DeviceRunner.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/DeviceRunner.cxx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 using namespace fair::mq;
 
-DeviceRunner::DeviceRunner(int argc, char const* argv[])
+DeviceRunner::DeviceRunner(int argc, char* const argv[])
 : fRawCmdLineArgs{tools::ToStrVector(argc, argv, false)}
 , fPluginManager{PluginManager::MakeFromCommandLineOptions(fRawCmdLineArgs)}
 , fDevice{nullptr}
diff --git a/fairmq/DeviceRunner.h b/fairmq/DeviceRunner.h
index 6e4bcdf8..77794c0f 100644
--- a/fairmq/DeviceRunner.h
+++ b/fairmq/DeviceRunner.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace mq
 class DeviceRunner
 {
   public:
-    DeviceRunner(int argc, char const* argv[]);
+    DeviceRunner(int argc, char* const argv[]);
 
     auto Run() -> int;
     auto RunWithExceptionHandlers() -> int;
diff --git a/fairmq/runFairMQDevice.h b/fairmq/runFairMQDevice.h
index 3e161875..9c7f3eff 100644
--- a/fairmq/runFairMQDevice.h
+++ b/fairmq/runFairMQDevice.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ FairMQDevicePtr getDevice(const FairMQProgOptions& config);
 // to be implemented by the user to add custom command line options (or just with empty body)
 void addCustomOptions(boost::program_options::options_description&);
 
-int main(int argc, const char** argv)
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     using namespace fair::mq;
     using namespace fair::mq::hooks;
diff --git a/fairmq/tools/Strings.h b/fairmq/tools/Strings.h
index 435f26d0..0ee0d128 100644
--- a/fairmq/tools/Strings.h
+++ b/fairmq/tools/Strings.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ auto ToString(T&&... t) -> std::string
 }
 
 /// @brief convert command line arguments from main function to vector of strings
-inline auto ToStrVector(const int argc, const char* argv[], const bool dropProgramName = true) -> std::vector<std::string>
+inline auto ToStrVector(const int argc, char* const argv[], const bool dropProgramName = true) -> std::vector<std::string>
 {
     auto res = std::vector<std::string>{};
     if (dropProgramName)
diff --git a/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h b/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h
index be922892..e82b0b74 100644
--- a/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h
+++ b/fairmq/tools/runSimpleMQStateMachine.h
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ int runStateMachine(TMQDevice& device, FairMQProgOptions& cfg)
 
     if (control == "interactive")
     {
-        device.InteractiveStateLoop();
+        LOG(ERROR) << "interactive control moved to plugin";
+        return 1;
+        // device.InteractiveStateLoop();
     }
     else if (control == "static")
     {