diff --git a/jni/lokinet_android.cpp b/jni/lokinet_android.cpp
index 405d5072c..49424a3d4 100755
--- a/jni/lokinet_android.cpp
+++ b/jni/lokinet_android.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ extern "C"
       return env->NewStringUTF("already running");
     std::string conf;
     {
-      const char* nativeString = env->GetStringChars(configfile, JNI_TRUE);
-      conf                     = nativeString;
+      const char* nativeString = env->GetStringChars(configfile, JNI_FALSE);
+      conf += std::string(nativeString);
       env->ReleaseStringChars(configfile, nativeString);
     }
     if(daemon->Start(conf.c_str()))