diff --git a/source/ubl-settings-datetime.c b/source/ubl-settings-datetime.c
index 5a0006f..7258c0e 100644
--- a/source/ubl-settings-datetime.c
+++ b/source/ubl-settings-datetime.c
@@ -323,12 +323,11 @@ void on_region_changed(GtkComboBox *self, main_window *widgets){
                 continue;
             g_time_zone_unref(tz);
             char *name_string = NULL;
+            char *utc_string = parsed_sorted[i];
             if (strstr(parsed_sorted[i],"GMT")){
-                char *temp = yon_char_unite("UTC",parsed_sorted[i]+3," (",parsed_sorted[i],")",NULL);
-                free(parsed_sorted[i]);
-                parsed_sorted[i]=temp;
+                utc_string = yon_char_unite("UTC",parsed_sorted[i]+3," (",parsed_sorted[i],")",NULL);
             } else if (strcmp(active_name,"Etc")){
-                char *zonereg = yon_char_unite(active,"/",parsed_sorted[i],NULL);
+                char *zonereg = yon_char_unite(active,"/",utc_string,NULL);
                 if (g_setenv("TZ",zonereg,1)){
                     time_t curtime = time(NULL);
                     struct tm *local = localtime(&curtime);
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ void on_region_changed(GtkComboBox *self, main_window *widgets){
                     free(zonereg);
                 }
             }
-            gtk_combo_box_text_append(GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT(widgets->ZoneCombo),parsed_sorted[i],name_string?name_string:_(parsed_sorted[i]));
+            gtk_combo_box_text_append(GTK_COMBO_BOX_TEXT(widgets->ZoneCombo),parsed_sorted[i],name_string?name_string:_(utc_string));
         }
         if (size) yon_char_parsed_free(parsed_sorted,size);
         gtk_combo_box_set_active(GTK_COMBO_BOX(widgets->ZoneCombo),0);