Minor fix to memory management

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/sway/workspace.c b/sway/workspace.c
index 7b23b7d1..906d0c5d 100644
--- a/sway/workspace.c
+++ b/sway/workspace.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ char *workspace_next_name(void) {
 
                 if (strcmp("workspace", args->items[0]) == 0 && args->length > 1) {
                         sway_log(L_DEBUG, "Got valid workspace command for target: '%s'", args->items[1]);
-                        const char* target = args->items[1];
-
+                        char* target = malloc(strlen(args->items[1]) + 1);
+                        strcpy(target, args->items[1]);
                         while (*target == ' ' || *target == '\t')
                                 target++; 
 
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ char *workspace_next_name(void) {
                                 continue;
                    
                         //Make sure that the workspace doesn't already exist 
-                        if (workspace_find_by_name(args->items[1]))
+                        if (workspace_find_by_name(target)) {
                            continue; 
+                        }
 
                         list_free(args);
 
-                        sway_log(L_DEBUG, "Workspace: Found free name %s", args->items[1]);
-                        return args->items[1];
+                        sway_log(L_DEBUG, "Workspace: Found free name %s", target);
+                        return target;
                 }
         }
         // As a fall back, get the current number of active workspaces