diff --git a/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala b/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala
index 5dc4a9a..cb009c0 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/TerminalWidget.vala
@@ -436,15 +436,15 @@ namespace PantheonTerminal {
                     }
 
                     string uris_s = string.joinv ("", uris);
-                    this.feed_child (uris_s, uris_s.length);
+                    this.feed_child ( (char[])uris_s.data );
 
                     break;
                 case DropTargets.STRING:
                 case DropTargets.TEXT:
-                    var data = selection_data.get_text ();
+                    var data = selection_data.get_text();
 
                     if (data != null) {
-                        this.feed_child (data, data.length);
+                        this.feed_child ( (char[])data.data );
                     }
 
                     break;