--- speech-dispatcher-0.7.1/src/modules/festival_client.c	2010-09-01 15:30:12.000000000 +0200
+++ speech-dispatcher-0.7.1/src/modules/festival_client.c	2013-10-30 14:19:24.688561025 +0100
@@ -433,13 +433,10 @@ festival_accept_any_response(FT_Info *in
 #define FEST_SEND_CMD(format) \
     { \
         FILE *fd; \
-        char *str; \
         fd = fdopen(dup(info->server_fd),"wb"); \
         if (fd != NULL){ \
-          str = g_strdup_printf(format"\n"); \
-          fprintf(fd, str); \
-          DBG("-> Festival: |%s|", str); \
-          free(str); \
+          fprintf(fd, "%s\n", format);	     \
+          DBG("-> Festival: |%s\n|", format); \
           fclose(fd); \
         }else{ \
           DBG("Can't open connection"); \
@@ -449,13 +446,10 @@ festival_accept_any_response(FT_Info *in
 #define FEST_SEND_CMDA(format, args...) \
     { \
         FILE *fd; \
-        char *str; \
         fd = fdopen(dup(info->server_fd),"wb"); \
         if (fd != NULL){ \
-          str = g_strdup_printf(format"\n", args); \
-          fprintf(fd, str); \
-          DBG("-> Festival: |%s|", str); \
-          free(str); \
+          fprintf(fd, format"\n", args);	   \
+          DBG("-> Festival: |"format"\n|", args);	   \
           fclose(fd); \
         }else{ \
           DBG("Can't open connection"); \
@@ -529,8 +523,8 @@ festival_speak_command(FT_Info *info, ch
 {
     FILE *fd;
     const char *p;
-    char *str;
     int ret;
+    char delimiter;
 
     if (festival_check_info(info, "festival_speak_command") == -1) return -1;
     if (command == NULL) return -1;
@@ -543,10 +537,10 @@ festival_speak_command(FT_Info *info, ch
 
     /* Send the command and data */
     if (symbol == 0)
-      str = g_strdup_printf("(%s \"", command);
+      delimiter = '"';
     else
-      str = g_strdup_printf("(%s '", command);
-    fprintf(fd, str);
+      delimiter = '\'';
+    fprintf(fd, "(%s %c", command, delimiter);
     /* Copy text over to server, escaping any quotes */
     for (p=text; p && (*p != '\0'); p++)
     {
@@ -557,9 +551,9 @@ festival_speak_command(FT_Info *info, ch
     else fprintf(fd, ")\n");
 
     DBG("-> Festival: escaped text is %s", text);
-    DBG("-> Festival: |%sthe text is displayed above\")|", str);
+    DBG("-> Festival: |%s%cthe text is displayed above\")|",
+	command, delimiter);
 
-    free(str);
     /* Close the stream (but not the socket) */
     fclose(fd);
     DBG("Resources freed");
--- speech-dispatcher-0.7.1/src/modules/module_utils.c	2010-09-10 10:23:55.000000000 +0200
+++ speech-dispatcher-0.7.1/src/modules/module_utils.c	2013-10-30 14:05:36.733707924 +0100
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ module_send_asynchronous(char *text)
 {
     pthread_mutex_lock(&module_stdout_mutex);
     DBG("Printing reply: %s", text);
-    fprintf(stdout, text);
+    fprintf(stdout, "%s", text);
     fflush(stdout);
     DBG("Printed");
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&module_stdout_mutex);