diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3servicecontrol.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3servicecontrol.cc
index 0105690c3..251777e70 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3servicecontrol.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/p3servicecontrol.cc
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ void RsServicePermissions::resetPermission(const RsPeerId& peerId)
 
 RsServiceInfo::RsServiceInfo(
 		const uint16_t service_type,
-		const std::string service_name,
+		const std::string& service_name,
 		const uint16_t version_major,
 		const uint16_t version_minor,
 		const uint16_t min_version_major,
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsservicecontrol.h b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsservicecontrol.h
index 7558764e7..12d9dc5d2 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsservicecontrol.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsservicecontrol.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class RsServiceInfo
 	RsServiceInfo();
 	RsServiceInfo(
 		const uint16_t service_type, 
-		const std::string service_name, 
+		const std::string& service_name,
 		const uint16_t version_major,
 		const uint16_t version_minor,
 		const uint16_t min_version_major,