diff --git a/html.c b/html.c
index 2274f74..ff12a95 100644
--- a/html.c
+++ b/html.c
@@ -795,12 +795,14 @@ static xs_html *html_user_body(snac *user, int read_only)
 
     const t_announcement *an = announcement(la);
     if (an != NULL && (an->text != NULL)) {
+        xs *s = xs_fmt("?da=%.0f", an->timestamp);
+
         xs_html_add(top_user,  xs_html_tag("div",
             xs_html_attr("class", "snac-announcement"),
                 xs_html_text(an->text),
                 xs_html_text(" "),
                 xs_html_sctag("a",
-                        xs_html_attr("href", xs_dup(xs_fmt("?da=%.0f", an->timestamp)))),
+                        xs_html_attr("href", s)),
                         xs_html_text("Dismiss")));
     }
 
diff --git a/mastoapi.c b/mastoapi.c
index 4a6c53e..db45919 100644
--- a/mastoapi.c
+++ b/mastoapi.c
@@ -2010,8 +2010,11 @@ int mastoapi_get_handler(const xs_dict *req, const char *q_path,
             const t_announcement *annce = announcement(la);
             if (annce != NULL && annce->text != NULL) {
                 xs *an = xs_dict_new();
-                an = xs_dict_set(an, "id",           xs_fmt("%d", annce->timestamp));
-                an = xs_dict_set(an, "content",      xs_fmt("<p>%s</p>", annce->text));
+                xs *id = xs_fmt("%d", annce->timestamp);
+                xs *ct = xs_fmt("<p>%s</p>", annce->text);
+
+                an = xs_dict_set(an, "id",           id);
+                an = xs_dict_set(an, "content",      ct);
                 an = xs_dict_set(an, "starts_at",    xs_stock(XSTYPE_NULL));
                 an = xs_dict_set(an, "ends_at",      xs_stock(XSTYPE_NULL));
                 an = xs_dict_set(an, "all_day",      xs_stock(XSTYPE_TRUE));