diff --git a/src/client/gw_client_init.c b/src/client/gw_client_init.c
index 53ff257..69b42c9 100644
--- a/src/client/gw_client_init.c
+++ b/src/client/gw_client_init.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void gw_client_finalize()
     if ( gw_client.group !=  NULL )
         free(gw_client.group);
 
-    if ( gw_client.proxy_path !=  NULL )
+    if ( gw_client.proxy_path !=  strdup("") )
         free(gw_client.proxy_path);
 			
     for (i = 0 ; i < gw_client.number_of_jobs; i++)