diff --git a/src/str.c b/src/str.c
index 02087dd..1709625 100644
--- a/src/str.c
+++ b/src/str.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ char *my_strdup(const char *s) {
     while( s[count] )
         ++count;
     ++count;
-    out = malloc(sizeof(char*) * count);
+    out = malloc(sizeof(char) * count);
     out[--count] = 0;
     while( --count >= 0 )
         out[count] = s[count];
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ char *my_strndup(const char *s, int n) {
     while( count < n && s[count] )
         ++count;
     ++count;
-    out = malloc(sizeof(char*) * count);
+    out = malloc(sizeof(char) * count);
     out[--count] = 0;
     while( --count >= 0 )
         out[count] = s[count];