diff --git a/src/modules/sway/ipc/client.cpp b/src/modules/sway/ipc/client.cpp
index 3ebccccd..53ad64a1 100644
--- a/src/modules/sway/ipc/client.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/sway/ipc/client.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const std::string Ipc::getSocketPath() const {
       throw std::runtime_error("Failed to get socket path");
     }
     while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), in) != nullptr) {
-      str_buf.append(buf, sizeof(buf));
+      str_buf.append(buf);
     }
     pclose(in);
     str = str_buf;