diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenNetRoom.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenNetRoom.cpp
index d867f2bfb5..af4db7e579 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenNetRoom.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenNetRoom.cpp
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ void ScreenNetRoom::HandleScreenMessage( const ScreenMessage SM )
 					m_textTitle.SetText( titleSub );
 					if ( NSMAN->m_SMOnlinePacket.Read1() != 0 )
 					{
-						RString SMOnlineSelectScreen;
-						THEME->GetMetric( m_sName, "MusicSelectScreen", SMOnlineSelectScreen );
+						RString SMOnlineSelectScreen = THEME->GetMetric( m_sName, "MusicSelectScreen" );
 						SCREENMAN->SetNewScreen( SMOnlineSelectScreen );
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectMusic.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectMusic.cpp
index eb7e6ca664..6432762a5c 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectMusic.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenNetSelectMusic.cpp
@@ -303,8 +303,7 @@ void ScreenNetSelectMusic::HandleScreenMessage( const ScreenMessage SM )
 					titleSub += NSMAN->m_SMOnlinePacket.ReadNT();
 					if ( NSMAN->m_SMOnlinePacket.Read1() != 1 )
 					{
-						RString SMOnlineSelectScreen;
-						THEME->GetMetric( m_sName, "RoomSelectScreen", SMOnlineSelectScreen );
+						RString SMOnlineSelectScreen = THEME->GetMetric( m_sName, "RoomSelectScreen" );
 						SCREENMAN->SetNewScreen( SMOnlineSelectScreen );
 					}
 				}