diff --git a/main/medium/src/reaper.rs b/main/medium/src/reaper.rs
index 06eafcc2..8b19e054 100644
--- a/main/medium/src/reaper.rs
+++ b/main/medium/src/reaper.rs
@@ -5628,9 +5628,10 @@ impl<UsageScope> Reaper<UsageScope> {
     {
         let val: ReaperStringArg = value.into();
         let val: CString = CString::from(val.as_reaper_str().as_c_str());
+        let category_string = category.to_raw();
         self.low().GetSetProjectInfo_String(
             project.to_raw(),
-            category.to_raw().as_ptr(),
+            category_string.as_ptr(),
             val.into_raw(),
             true,
         )