diff --git a/src/toxic.c b/src/toxic.c
index a0796da..849d441 100644
--- a/src/toxic.c
+++ b/src/toxic.c
@@ -316,16 +316,14 @@ static int load_nodelist(const char *filename)
             toxNodes.ports[toxNodes.lines] = atoi(port);
 
             /* remove possible trailing newline from key string */
-            char key_binary[TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE * 2 + 1];
-            memcpy(key_binary, key_ascii, TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE * 2);
+            char real_ascii_key[TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE * 2 + 1];
+            memcpy(real_ascii_key, key_ascii, TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE * 2);
             key_len = TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE * 2;
-            key_binary[key_len] = '\0';
+            real_ascii_key[key_len] = '\0';
 
-            if (hex_string_to_bin(key_ascii, key_len, key_binary, TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE) == -1)
+            if (hex_string_to_bin(real_ascii_key, key_len, toxNodes.keys[toxNodes.lines], TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE) == -1)
                 continue;
 
-            memcpy(toxNodes.keys[toxNodes.lines], key_binary, TOX_PUBLIC_KEY_SIZE);
-
             toxNodes.lines++;
         }
     }