diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 08266a73..44d4b54d 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-04-22  Tim Ruehsen <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
+
+	* main.c (main): Dynamically allocate `opt.progress_type'.
+
 2012-04-21  Tim Ruehsen  <tim.ruehsen@gmx.de>
 
 	* ftp-basic.c (ftp_pasv): Fix memory leak.
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a12aaf1b..438085e4 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ for details.\n\n"));
         }
       if (opt.warc_keep_log)
         {
-          opt.progress_type = "dot";
+          opt.progress_type = xstrdup ("dot");
         }
     }