diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
index 3ad28c8e9..01ca88170 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/Binlog.cpp
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void Binlog::do_event(BinlogEvent &&event) {
     auto validate_status = event.validate();
     if (validate_status.is_error()) {
       LOG(FATAL) << "Failed to validate binlog event " << validate_status << " "
-                 << format::as_hex_dump<4>(Slice(event.raw_event_.as_slice().truncate(28)));
+                 << format::as_hex_dump<4>(as_slice(event.raw_event_).truncate(28));
     }
     VLOG(binlog) << "Write binlog event: " << format::cond(state_ == State::Reindex, "[reindex] ")
                  << event.public_to_string();
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ void Binlog::do_event(BinlogEvent &&event) {
         buffer_writer_.append(event.raw_event_.clone());
         break;
       case EncryptionType::AesCtr:
-        buffer_writer_.append(event.raw_event_.as_slice());
+        buffer_writer_.append(as_slice(event.raw_event_));
         break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp
index 56926180d..b4fb4e57b 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 namespace td {
 
 void BinlogEvent::init(BufferSlice &&raw_event) {
-  TlParser parser(raw_event.as_slice());
+  TlParser parser(as_slice(raw_event));
   size_ = static_cast<uint32>(parser.fetch_int());
   LOG_CHECK(size_ == raw_event.size()) << size_ << ' ' << raw_event.size() << debug_info_;
   id_ = static_cast<uint64>(parser.fetch_long());
@@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ void BinlogEvent::init(BufferSlice &&raw_event) {
 
 Slice BinlogEvent::get_data() const {
   CHECK(raw_event_.size() >= MIN_SIZE);
-  return Slice(raw_event_.as_slice().data() + HEADER_SIZE, size_ - MIN_SIZE);
+  return Slice(as_slice(raw_event_).data() + HEADER_SIZE, raw_event_.size() - MIN_SIZE);
 }
 
 Status BinlogEvent::validate() const {
   if (raw_event_.size() < MIN_SIZE) {
     return Status::Error("Too small event");
   }
-  TlParser parser(raw_event_.as_slice());
+  TlParser parser(as_slice(raw_event_));
   uint32 size = static_cast<uint32>(parser.fetch_int());
   if (size_ != size || size_ != raw_event_.size()) {
     return Status::Error(PSLICE() << "Size of event changed: " << tag("was", size_) << tag("now", size));
   }
   parser.fetch_string_raw<Slice>(size_ - TAIL_SIZE - sizeof(int));  // skip
   auto stored_crc32 = static_cast<uint32>(parser.fetch_int());
-  auto calculated_crc = crc32(Slice(raw_event_.as_slice().data(), size_ - TAIL_SIZE));
+  auto calculated_crc = crc32(Slice(as_slice(raw_event_).data(), size_ - TAIL_SIZE));
   if (calculated_crc != crc32_ || calculated_crc != stored_crc32) {
     return Status::Error(PSLICE() << "CRC mismatch " << tag("actual", format::as_hex(calculated_crc))
                                   << tag("expected", format::as_hex(crc32_)) << public_to_string());
diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h
index c429638a2..cc7807d79 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/BinlogEvent.h
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ struct BinlogEvent {
 
   int64 offset_ = -1;
 
-  uint32 size_;
-  uint64 id_;
-  int32 type_;  // type can be merged with flags
-  int32 flags_;
-  uint64 extra_;
-  uint32 crc32_;
+  uint32 size_ = 0;
+  uint64 id_ = 0;
+  int32 type_ = 0;  // type can be merged with flags
+  int32 flags_ = 0;
+  uint64 extra_ = 0;
+  uint32 crc32_ = 0;
 
   BufferSlice raw_event_;
 
@@ -71,11 +71,7 @@ struct BinlogEvent {
 
   Slice get_data() const;
 
-  void clear() {
-    raw_event_ = BufferSlice();
-  }
-
-  bool empty() const {
+  bool is_empty() const {
     return raw_event_.empty();
   }
 
diff --git a/tddb/td/db/binlog/detail/BinlogEventsProcessor.cpp b/tddb/td/db/binlog/detail/BinlogEventsProcessor.cpp
index 405c31104..781423b98 100644
--- a/tddb/td/db/binlog/detail/BinlogEventsProcessor.cpp
+++ b/tddb/td/db/binlog/detail/BinlogEventsProcessor.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Status BinlogEventsProcessor::do_event(BinlogEvent &&event) {
     if (event.type_ == BinlogEvent::ServiceTypes::Empty) {
       *it += 1;
       empty_events_++;
-      events_[pos].clear();
+      events_[pos] = {};
     } else {
       event.flags_ &= ~BinlogEvent::Flags::Rewrite;
       total_raw_events_size_ += static_cast<int64>(event.raw_event_.size());
diff --git a/test/secret.cpp b/test/secret.cpp
index 587a2d314..253657f37 100644
--- a/test/secret.cpp
+++ b/test/secret.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class FakeBinlog final
     cancel_timeout();
     for (auto &pending : pending_events_) {
       auto &event = pending.event;
-      if (!event.empty()) {
+      if (!event.is_empty()) {
         // LOG(ERROR) << "FORGET EVENT: " << event.id_ << " " << event;
       }
     }
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class FakeBinlog final
     for (size_t i = 0; i <= pos; i++) {
       auto &pending = pending_events_[i];
       auto event = std::move(pending.event);
-      if (!event.empty()) {
+      if (!event.is_empty()) {
         LOG(INFO) << "SAVE EVENT: " << event.id_ << " " << event;
         events_processor_.add_event(std::move(event)).ensure();
       }