diff --git a/requester.cpp b/requester.cpp
index 5899762..c5fdacb 100644
--- a/requester.cpp
+++ b/requester.cpp
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ extern sc::logger logger;
 size_t requester::write_data(char *buf, size_t sz, size_t nmemb, void *user_data) {
     size_t realsize = sz * nmemb;
     SCInfo(logger, "received ", realsize, " bytes");
-    std::vector<char>* dest {reinterpret_cast<std::vector<char>*>(user_data)};
-    size_t oldsize = dest->size();
-    dest->resize(oldsize + realsize);
-    std::memcpy(dest->data() + oldsize, buf, realsize);
+    std::string* text {reinterpret_cast<std::string*>(user_data)};
+    text->append(buf, realsize);
     return realsize;
 }
 
@@ -35,11 +33,10 @@ requester::~requester() {
 }
 
 std::string requester::get(const std::string &url) {
+    std::string text;
     curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str());
-    std::vector<char> buf;
-    curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &buf);
+    curl_easy_setopt(_h.get(), CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &text);
     auto success = curl_easy_perform(_h.get());
     if (success != CURLE_OK) throw std::runtime_error("could not get remote data");
-    std::string text {buf.data(), buf.size()};
     return text;
 }