diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
index 3e6aaeefd8..fd200add17 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Unix/CrashHandler.cpp
@@ -182,12 +182,12 @@ static void parent_process( int to_child, const CrashData *crash )
 	}
 
     /* 5. Write CHECKPOINTs. */
-    p = Checkpoints::GetLogs("\n");
-    size = strlen(p)+1;
+    static char buf[1024*32];
+    Checkpoints::GetLogs( buf, sizeof(buf), "\n" );
+    size = strlen(buf)+1;
     if( !parent_write(to_child, &size, sizeof(size)) )
 	return;
-
-    if( !parent_write(to_child, p, size) )
+    if( !parent_write(to_child, buf, size) )
 	return;
 	
     /* 6. Write the crashed thread's name. */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp
index ec04e96b7c..1537483829 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/Crash.cpp
@@ -795,7 +795,9 @@ static void DoSave()
 	Report(NULL, hFile, "");
 
 	// Dump thread stacks
-	WriteBuf( hFile, Checkpoints::GetLogs("\r\n") );
+	static char buf[1024*32];
+	Checkpoints::GetLogs( buf, sizeof(buf), "\r\n" );
+	WriteBuf( hFile, buf );
 	Report(NULL, hFile, "");
 
 	ReportCallStack( NULL, hFile, g_CrashInfo.m_BacktracePointers );