src/nnn.c | 4 +++-

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 8b0df44c870cb081b3f588efedee318fcf335cc6..8e27608cd2f3d8d7d71cae9e34817a6a92be09bc 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -2420,7 +2420,9 @@ }
 
 static bool getutil(const char *util)
 {
-	if (!get_output(g_buf, CMD_LEN_MAX, "which", util, NULL, FALSE))
+	char buf[8];
+
+	if (!get_output(buf, 8, "which", util, NULL, FALSE))
 		return FALSE;
 
 	return TRUE;