diff --git a/pd/src/t_tkcmd.c b/pd/src/t_tkcmd.c
index c55ca7f90b895c908c728cc0be22323ec612dd02..32102133aeb431d46839c2e958ab04fc7f25c35c 100644
--- a/pd/src/t_tkcmd.c
+++ b/pd/src/t_tkcmd.c
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ void tcl_mess(char *s)
     int result;
 	char catch_s[strlen(s)+10];
 	sprintf(catch_s, "catch { %s }", s);
+	//char catch_s[strlen(s)];
+	//sprintf(catch_s, "%s", s);
     Tcl_Obj *messageObjPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(catch_s,-1);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(messageObjPtr);
     result = Tcl_EvalObjEx(tk_pdinterp, messageObjPtr, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);