diff --git a/modfetch.c b/modfetch.c
index 5a481e1..f913e52 100644
--- a/modfetch.c
+++ b/modfetch.c
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ char *remove_whitespaces(const char *str) {
         i += 1;
         j += 1;
     }
-    tmp[j] = '\0';
 
     char *ret = malloc(j * sizeof(char));
     strncpy(ret, tmp, j);
+    ret[j] = '\0';
 
     return ret;
 }