--- a/dowa/d_memory.c	Thu Oct 09 06:55:07 2025 -0700
+++ b/dowa/d_memory.c	Thu Oct 09 07:03:36 2025 -0700
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@
       if (!f) { perror("fopen"); continue; }
 
       void *buf = p_hash_map->p_arena ? 
-        Dowa_Arena_Allocate(p_hash_map->p_arena, size+1) :
-        malloc(size+1);
+        Dowa_Arena_Allocate(p_hash_map->p_arena, size) :
+        malloc(size);
       if (!buf) { perror("malloc"); fclose(f); closedir(dir); return -1; }
 
 
@@ -374,10 +374,7 @@
       }
       fclose(f);
 
-      // null-terminate since the files don't do this and we need this for print.
-      ((unsigned char*)buf)[size] = '\0';
-
-      Dowa_HashMap_Push_Value_With_Type(p_hash_map, entry->d_name, buf, size + 1, DOWA_HASH_MAP_TYPE_STRING);
+      Dowa_HashMap_Push_Value_With_Type(p_hash_map, entry->d_name, buf, size, DOWA_HASH_MAP_TYPE_STRING);
       free(buf);  // Dowa_HashMap_PushValue made its own copy
     }
     else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))