diff --git a/src/switch-generic.cpp b/src/switch-generic.cpp
index 0d417905..b90eb714 100644
--- a/src/switch-generic.cpp
+++ b/src/switch-generic.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void SceneSwitcherEntry::logMatch()
 	const char *sceneName = previous_scene_name;
 	if (!usePreviousScene) {
 		OBSSource s = obs_weak_source_get_source(scene);
-		const char *sceneName = obs_source_get_name(s);
+		sceneName = obs_source_get_name(s);
 	}
 	blog(LOG_INFO, "match for '%s' - switch to scene '%s'", getType(),
 	     sceneName);