diff --git a/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp b/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
index d689ff34..cf56e1b8 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void PIString::appendFromChars(const char * c, int s, const char * codepage) {
 		char c_ [s+1];
 		memcpy(c_, c, s);
 		c_[s] = '\0';
-		pc = &(const char *)c_;
+		pc = &((const char *)&c_[0]);
 	} else {
 		pc = &c;
 	}