diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
index e9076d662..d62088d06 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/authgpg.cc
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ bool GPGAuthMgr::DoOwnSignature_locked(void *data, unsigned int datalen, void *b
 	/* now extract the data from gpgmeSig */
 	size_t len = 0; 
 	int len2 = len;
+	gpgme_data_write (gpgmeSig, "", 1); 	// to be able to convert it into a string
 	char *export_sig = gpgme_data_release_and_get_mem(gpgmeSig, &len);
 	fprintf(stderr, "GPGAuthMgr::Signature len: %d \n", len2);
 	if (len < *outl)
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
index a8d1740b3..e383e28f9 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
@@ -1337,6 +1337,7 @@ int RsInit::LoadCertificates(bool autoLoginNT)
 			gpgme_error_t error_reading_file = gpgme_data_new_from_stream (&cipher, sslPassphraseFile);
 			if (0 < authMgr->decryptText(cipher, plain)) {
 			    std::cerr << "Decrypting went ok !" << std::endl;
+				 gpgme_data_write (plain, "", 1);
 			    sslPassword = gpgme_data_release_and_get_mem(plain, NULL);
 			} else {
 			    gpgme_data_release (plain);