diff --git a/src/lib/error.c b/src/lib/error.c
index b25556e..dbc148d 100644
--- a/src/lib/error.c
+++ b/src/lib/error.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ const char *error_str(int err_no, char *buf, int buf_len) {
     int e = err_no & 0x00FFFFFF;
     if (mode == 0x00) {
         // normal
-        strerror_r(e, buf, buf_len);
-        return buf;
+        return strerror_r(e, buf, buf_len);
     } else if (mode == 0x01) {
         // ssl
         return sock_error_str(error_decompress(e));
diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index 9191ddf..4dff0f9 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ static void err(const char *restrict msg) {
 }
 
 void logmsgf(log_lvl_t level, const char *restrict format, ...) {
-    char buf[256];
-    char err_buf[64];
+    char buf[256], err_buf[256];
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, format);