Index: trunk/i386/libsaio/stringTable.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/i386/libsaio/stringTable.c	(revision 1365)
+++ trunk/i386/libsaio/stringTable.c	(revision 1366)
@@ -323,12 +323,19 @@
 	}
 	if ((strlen(match) == key_len)
 	    && strncmp(match, key, key_len) == 0) {
-	    *matchval = value;
+		// create a new string
+		char* newstr = malloc(value_len + 1);
+		strncpy(newstr, value, value_len);
+		newstr[value_len] = 0;
+		
+	    *matchval = newstr;
 	    *len = value_len;
 	    retval = true;
             /* Continue to look for this key; last one wins. */
 	}
     }
+	
+
     return retval;
 }