diff --git a/RingStream.cpp b/RingStream.cpp
index 9db6230..c63ebf7 100644
--- a/RingStream.cpp
+++ b/RingStream.cpp
@@ -189,11 +189,6 @@ bool RingStream::commit() {
   _mark++;
   if (_mark==_len) _mark=0;
   _buffer[_mark]=lowByte(_count);
-  { char s[_count+2];
-    strncpy(s, (const char*)&(_buffer[_mark+1]), _count);
-    s[_count]=0;
-    //DIAG(F("RS commit count=%d core %d \"%s\""), _count, xPortGetCoreID(), s);
-  }
   _ringClient = NO_CLIENT;
   return true; // commit worked
 }
diff --git a/StringBuffer.h b/StringBuffer.h
index fe227fb..ac42964 100644
--- a/StringBuffer.h
+++ b/StringBuffer.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class StringBuffer : public Print {
   private:
     static const int  buffer_max=64; // enough for long text msgs to throttles  
     int16_t _pos_write;
-    char _buffer[buffer_max+1];
+    char _buffer[buffer_max+2];
 };
 
 #endif
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