2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index a22524f29..1ddcb3b64 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void setup_system_prefs(void)
 	const char *env;
 
 	default_prefs.divelist_font = strdup(system_divelist_default_font);
-	default_prefs.default_filename = strdup(system_default_filename());
+	default_prefs.default_filename = system_default_filename();
 
 	env = getenv("LC_MEASUREMENT");
 	if (!env)
diff --git a/windows.c b/windows.c
index 9087c9e4e..3db08deab 100644
--- a/windows.c
+++ b/windows.c
@@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ const char *subsurface_gettext_domainpath(char *argv0)
 	/* first hackishly make sure that the LANGUAGE information is correctly set up
 	 * in the environment */
 	char buffer[80];
-	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "LANGUAGE=%s.UTF-8", g_win32_getlocale());
+	gchar *locale = g_win32_getlocale();
+	snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "LANGUAGE=%s.UTF-8", locale);
 	putenv(buffer);
+	g_free(locale);
 	/* always use translation directory relative to install location, regardless of argv0 */
 	return "./share/locale";
 }