diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c9ad3367..ec528431 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # $Id$
 
+2005-10-07
+	* fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
+
 2005-09-30
 	* Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
 	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index e52617c7..3e5bd4b6 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -4265,7 +4265,7 @@ static void set_default_configurations(void)
 	update_interval = 10.0;
 	stuff_in_upper_case = 0;
 #ifdef MLDONKEY
-	mlconfig.mldonkey_hostname = "127.0.0.1";
+	mlconfig.mldonkey_hostname = strdup("127.0.0.1");
 	mlconfig.mldonkey_port = 4001;
 	mlconfig.mldonkey_login = NULL;
 	mlconfig.mldonkey_password = NULL;