diff --git a/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala b/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala

index 5dc4a9a..cb009c0 100644

--- a/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala

+++ b/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala

@@ -436,15 +436,15 @@ namespace PantheonTerminal {

                     }

                     string uris_s = string.joinv ("", uris);

-                    this.feed_child (uris_s, uris_s.length);

+                    this.feed_child ( (char[])uris_s.data );

                     break;

                 case DropTargets.STRING:

                 case DropTargets.TEXT:

-                    var data = selection_data.get_text ();

+                    var data = selection_data.get_text();

                     if (data != null) {

-                        this.feed_child (data, data.length);

+                        this.feed_child ( (char[])data.data );

                     }

                     break;