diff --git a/interface/src/project/SettingsCustomization.tsx b/interface/src/project/SettingsCustomization.tsx
index bc245fe5b..368ec39c9 100644
--- a/interface/src/project/SettingsCustomization.tsx
+++ b/interface/src/project/SettingsCustomization.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ const SettingsCustomization: FC = () => {
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string>();
   const [selectedDevice, setSelectedDevice] = useState<number>(0);
   const [confirmReset, setConfirmReset] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
   const [masks, setMasks] = useState(() => ['1']);
 
   const fetchDevices = useCallback(async () => {
diff --git a/src/emsdevice.cpp b/src/emsdevice.cpp
index a130bc57e..5e8c44174 100644
--- a/src/emsdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/emsdevice.cpp
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ void EMSdevice::reset_entity_masks() {
 }
 
 // disable/exclude/mask_out a device entity based on the id
-void EMSdevice::mask_entity(std::string & entity_id) {
+void EMSdevice::mask_entity(const std::string & entity_id) {
     // first character contains mask flags
     uint8_t flag = Helpers::hextoint(entity_id.substr(0, 2).c_str());
     for (auto & dv : devicevalues_) {
diff --git a/src/emsdevice.h b/src/emsdevice.h
index 081f61bc1..9f292169a 100644
--- a/src/emsdevice.h
+++ b/src/emsdevice.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class EMSdevice {
     char * show_telegram_handlers(char * result, const size_t len, const uint8_t handlers);
     void   show_mqtt_handlers(uuid::console::Shell & shell) const;
     void   list_device_entries(JsonObject & output) const;
-    void   mask_entity(std::string & entity_id);
+    void   mask_entity(const std::string & entity_id);
     void   reset_entity_masks();
 
     using process_function_p = std::function<void(std::shared_ptr<const Telegram>)>;