--- src/gnome-utils/dialog-totd.c.orig	2017-05-27 09:07:55.212574269 +0000
+++ src/gnome-utils/dialog-totd.c	2017-05-26 21:20:32.913082100 +0000
@@ -220,15 +220,18 @@
 
     /* Split cleaned up contents into multiple strings again */
     g_strfreev (tip_list);
+    tip_list = NULL;
     if (contents)
+    {
         tip_list = g_strsplit(contents, "\n", 0);
 
-    /* Convert any escaped characters while counting the strings */
-    for (tip_count = 0; tip_list[tip_count] != NULL; tip_count++)
-    {
-        new_str = g_strcompress(tip_list[tip_count]);
-        g_free(tip_list[tip_count]);
-        tip_list[tip_count] = new_str;
+        /* Convert any escaped characters while counting the strings */
+        for (tip_count = 0; tip_list[tip_count] != NULL; tip_count++)
+        {
+            new_str = g_strcompress(tip_list[tip_count]);
+            g_free(tip_list[tip_count]);
+            tip_list[tip_count] = new_str;
+         }
     }