diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 102bddcfcbfec2477e1ff91dac9865eeae5aea05..2a7dd185cbaacfeb35aa58b803ad7839be4cfb48 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ bool show_modified_page(int sockfd, const char* htmldir, char* added,
     int n;
 
     // the length needs to include the html tags for the username
-    int added_length = strlen(added);
+    int added_length = strlen(added) + 1;
 
     // get the size of the file
     struct stat st;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ bool show_start_page(int sockfd, char* username) {
     // the length needs to include the html tags for the username
     int added_length = username_length + 9;
 
-    char added[added_length + 1];
+    char added[added_length];
 
     // create added string
     strcat(added, added_prefix);