diff --git a/libspark/playback_libeplayer3.cpp b/libspark/playback_libeplayer3.cpp
index bc113fa..5bfb77c 100644
--- a/libspark/playback_libeplayer3.cpp
+++ b/libspark/playback_libeplayer3.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ bool cPlayback::Start(char *filename, unsigned short vpid, int vtype, unsigned s
 	mSubtitleStream=-1;
 	mDvbsubtitleStream=-1;
 	mTeletextStream=-1;
-	char *file = (char *) alloca(strlen(filename) + 1);
+	char file[strlen(filename) + 1];
 	*file = 0;
 
 	if(!strncmp("http://", filename, 7))