diff --git a/src/node-boilerplate/scrypt_common.cc b/src/node-boilerplate/scrypt_common.cc
index 4df56b1..642f849 100644
--- a/src/node-boilerplate/scrypt_common.cc
+++ b/src/node-boilerplate/scrypt_common.cc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace {
   //
   // Returns error descriptions as generated by Scrypt
   //
-  const char* ScryptErrorDescr(const unsigned int error) {
+  std::string ScryptErrorDescr(const unsigned int error) {
 
     unsigned int mask = -1,
                  base_error = (mask >> 16) & error,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace NodeScrypt {
   //
   v8::Local<v8::Value> ScryptError(const unsigned int error) {
     Nan::EscapableHandleScope scope;
-    v8::Local<v8::Value> scryptError = Nan::Error(ScryptErrorDescr(error));
+    v8::Local<v8::Value> scryptError = Nan::Error(ScryptErrorDescr(error).c_str());
     return scope.Escape(scryptError);
   }
 } //end Scrypt namespace