diff --git a/Make_include b/Make_include
index 6d0d98175c624b2cd9899cd774f3a7b7e876d679..ec68c322772f8f017df7c5e7b68dbe483fd90412 100644
--- a/Make_include
+++ b/Make_include
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   -3- on Solaris system use RANLIB=ranlib which is defined below
 
 # the current directory (in vi ":r!pwd")
-ROOT=/Users/jan/src/OpenSource
+ROOT=/vardim/home/bracken/Marchenko/github/OpenSource
 
 ########################################################################
 # C compiler; change this only if you are using a different C-compiler
diff --git a/utils/getpars.c b/utils/getpars.c
index 63474de21c91f80d52e7489bdac245cb6d2d1d91..5099c5801bef214253daf07667c1b3c55b1008b1 100644
--- a/utils/getpars.c
+++ b/utils/getpars.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ int getnpar (int n, char *name, char *type, void *ptr)
 				break;
 			case 'a':
 				{ char *tmpstr="";
-				   tmpstr = (char *)calloc(strlen(aval),1);
+				   tmpstr = (char *)calloc(strlen(aval)+1,1);
 
 				   strchop(aval,tmpstr);
 				   *(char**)ptr = tmpstr;