1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c b/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c
index 259a652..5c6448b 100644
--- a/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c
+++ b/libvxi11client/perlbits/perlglue.c
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 static GAsyncQueue* interruptqueue;
 
 typedef struct {
-	char* handle;
+	gchar* handle;
 } Event;
 
 static Event* lastevent = NULL;
 
+// perl is responsible for freeing the handle
 static void freeevent(Event* event) {
-	g_free(event->handle);
 	g_free(event);
 }
 
@@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ static void freelast() {
 	}
 }
 
-static void interruptcallback(char* handle) {
+static void interruptcallback(gchar* handle) {
 	Event* event = g_malloc(sizeof(Event));
-	int handlelen = strlen(handle);
-	event->handle = g_malloc(handlelen + 1);
-	strcpy(event->handle, handle);
+	event->handle = handle;
 	g_async_queue_push(interruptqueue, event);
 }
 
@@ -76,11 +74,12 @@ char* glue_wait_for_interrupt(unsigned int timeout) {
 
 	// if we have a timeout pop with a time out
 	// otherwise block until an interrupt happens
+	freelast();
+
 	if (timeout > 0) {
 		GTimeVal whentotimeout;
 		g_get_current_time(&whentotimeout);
 		g_time_val_add(&whentotimeout, timeout * 1000);
-		freelast();
 		lastevent = (Event*) g_async_queue_timed_pop(interruptqueue, &whentotimeout);
 	}
 	else {