diff --git a/groundStation/src/cli/cli_nodes.c b/groundStation/src/cli/cli_nodes.c
index 5dc2d18a10a0f4d4d4f9faf7f50694a87f909874..3f1d1673e7985cd73f58642f8cd5d76683f70abd 100644
--- a/groundStation/src/cli/cli_nodes.c
+++ b/groundStation/src/cli/cli_nodes.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ int cli_addnode(struct backend_conn * conn, int argc, char ** argv) {
 		return 1;
 	}
 	
-	if ((node_data.name = (char *)malloc((*node_data.name) * strlen(argv[2]))) == NULL) {
+	if ((node_data.name = (char *)malloc(strlen(argv[2]))) == NULL) {
 		return 1;
 	}