diff -ru -x changelog whysynth-20090403.nomod/src/gui_main.c whysynth-20090403/src/gui_main.c
--- whysynth-20090403.nomod/src/gui_main.c	2009-04-21 20:43:30.000000000 +0200
+++ whysynth-20090403/src/gui_main.c	2011-04-06 13:57:14.456368986 +0200
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 unsigned int patches_allocated = 0;
 int          patches_dirty;
 y_patch_t   *patches = NULL;
-char         patches_tmp_filename[PATH_MAX];
+gchar       *patches_tmp_filename = NULL;
 char        *project_directory = NULL;
 
 int last_configure_load_was_from_tmp;
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@
     int i;
     char *dir = get_tmp_directory();
 
-    snprintf(patches_tmp_filename, PATH_MAX, "%s/WhySynth_patches-%s", dir, path);
+    if (patches_tmp_filename != NULL)
+        g_free(patches_tmp_filename);
+    patches_tmp_filename = g_strdup_printf ("%s/WhySynth_patches-%s", dir, path);
     for (i = strlen(dir) + 1; i < strlen(patches_tmp_filename); i++) {
         if (patches_tmp_filename[i] == '/')
             patches_tmp_filename[i] = '_';
@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@
 
     /* clean up patches */
     if (patches) free(patches);
+    if (patches_tmp_filename) g_free(patches_tmp_filename);
     if (project_directory) free(project_directory);
 
     /* clean up OSC support */