diff --git a/synaptic/gtk/rglogview.cc b/synaptic/gtk/rglogview.cc
index 3821af7..2b536a7 100644
--- a/synaptic/gtk/rglogview.cc
+++ b/synaptic/gtk/rglogview.cc
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ void RGLogView::readLogs()
    unsigned int year, month, day, hour, min, sec;
    char str[128];
    const gchar *logfile;
-   const gchar *logdir = RLogDir().c_str();
-   GDir *dir = g_dir_open(logdir, 0, NULL);
+   GDir *dir = g_dir_open(RLogDir().c_str(), 0, NULL);
    while((logfile=g_dir_read_name(dir)) != NULL) {
       if(sscanf(logfile, "%4u-%2u-%2u.%2u%2u%2u.log", 
 		&year, &month, &day, &hour, &min, &sec) != 6)