diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 32e9f6f..6306f3b 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ patht(char *path)
      strncpy(ret, path, sizeof(ret));
      ret[sizeof(ret) - 1] = 0;
      if(strstr(path, "~/"))
-          sprintf(ret, "%s/%s", getenv("HOME"), path + 2);
+          snprintf(ret, sizeof(ret), "%s/%s", getenv("HOME"), path + 2);
 
      return ret;
 }