diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMiscGlue.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMiscGlue.cpp
index c8914d1d..f429f9f6 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMiscGlue.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/FeatureLib/pfPython/cyMiscGlue.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ PYTHON_GLOBAL_METHOD_DEFINITION(PtSendRTChat, args, "Params: fromPlayer,toPlayer
     else if (PyUnicode_Check(message))
     {
         Py_ssize_t size = PyUnicode_GetSize(message);
-        wchar_t* msg = TRACKED_NEW wchar_t[size];
+        wchar_t* msg = TRACKED_NEW wchar_t[size + 1]; msg[size] = 0;
         PyUnicode_AsWideChar((PyUnicodeObject*)message, msg, size);
         UInt32 retval = cyMisc::SendRTChat(*fromPlayer, toPlayerList, msg, msgFlags);
         DEL(msg);