diff --git a/source/ublsettings.c b/source/ublsettings.c
index 6192356..c417f0a 100644
--- a/source/ublsettings.c
+++ b/source/ublsettings.c
@@ -779,8 +779,8 @@ config_str yon_dir_get_contents(char *dir_path, int *size){
         DIR *directory = opendir(dir_path);
         struct dirent *de;
         while ((de = readdir(directory))){
-            if (dir) yon_char_parsed_append(dir,size,de->d_name);
-            else dir = yon_char_parsed_new(size,de->d_name,NULL);
+            if (dir) dir = yon_char_parsed_append(dir,size,yon_char_new(de->d_name));
+            else dir = yon_char_parsed_new(size,yon_char_new(de->d_name),NULL);
         }
         closedir(directory);
     }