diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 436f1d0..6514125 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ init_font(void)
 
      /* Set font in _WMFS_FONT for eventual status tools */
      XChangeProperty(dpy, ROOT, net_atom[wmfs_font], net_atom[utf8_string], 8,
-                    PropModeReplace, (uchar*)&conf.font, strlen(conf.font));
+                    PropModeReplace, (uchar*)conf.font, strlen(conf.font));
 
      return;
 }