diff --git a/src/wrapper/slash_py.c b/src/wrapper/slash_py.c
index da8c79d..be6b66c 100644
--- a/src/wrapper/slash_py.c
+++ b/src/wrapper/slash_py.c
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include "slash_py.h"
 #include <slash/slash.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../utils.h"
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include <Python.h>
@@ -26,5 +29,9 @@ PyObject * pycsh_slash_execute(PyObject * self, PyObject * args, PyObject * kwds
     char hist_buf[HISTORY_SIZE];
     slash_create_static(&slas, line_buf, LINE_SIZE, hist_buf, HISTORY_SIZE);
 
-    return Py_BuildValue("i", slash_execute(&slas, command));
+    char * cmd_cpy CLEANUP_FREE = strdup(command);
+
+    PyObject * ret = Py_BuildValue("i", slash_execute(&slas, cmd_cpy));
+
+    return ret;
 }