diff --git a/packages/gscope/src/browser.c b/packages/gscope/src/browser.c
index 68ff194..98f3792 100644
--- a/packages/gscope/src/browser.c
+++ b/packages/gscope/src/browser.c
@@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ static result_t* parse_results(search_results_t *results)
     while (result_ptr != results->end_ptr)
     {
         node = next_node;
-        node->buf = (gchar *)g_malloc(1024);
+        gchar *line_end = result_ptr;
+        while (line_end != results->end_ptr && *line_end != '\n') line_end++;
+        node->buf = (gchar *)g_malloc((gsize)(line_end - result_ptr) + 1);
         node->file_name = node->buf;
         curr = node->buf;
         first_space = TRUE;