3 files changed, 15 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/engines/wintermute/base/base_game.cpp b/engines/wintermute/base/base_game.cpp
index 16ad1f51a2..e389b6795a 100644
--- a/engines/wintermute/base/base_game.cpp
+++ b/engines/wintermute/base/base_game.cpp
@@ -1363,10 +1363,8 @@ bool BaseGame::scCallMethod(ScScript *script, ScStack *stack, ScStack *thisStack
 	else if (strcmp(name, "GetSaveSlotDescription") == 0) {
 		stack->correctParams(1);
 		int slot = stack->pop()->getInt();
-		char desc[512];
-		desc[0] = '\0';
-		SaveLoad::getSaveSlotDescription(slot, desc);
-		stack->pushString(desc);
+		Common::String desc = SaveLoad::getSaveSlotDescription(slot);
+		stack->pushString(desc.c_str());
 		return STATUS_OK;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.cpp b/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.cpp
index 6299cf6e01..e0f97f0d88 100644
--- a/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.cpp
+++ b/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.cpp
@@ -159,31 +159,27 @@ void SaveLoad::afterLoadScript(void *script, void *data) {
 }
 
 Common::String SaveLoad::getSaveSlotFilename(int slot) {
+	Common::String filename;
 	BasePersistenceManager *pm = new BasePersistenceManager();
-	Common::String filename = pm->getFilenameForSlot(slot);
-	delete pm;
+	if (pm) {
+		filename = pm->getFilenameForSlot(slot);
+		delete pm;
+	}
 	debugC(kWintermuteDebugSaveGame, "getSaveSlotFileName(%d) = %s", slot, filename.c_str());
 	return filename;
 }
 
-bool SaveLoad::getSaveSlotDescription(int slot, char *buffer) {
-	buffer[0] = '\0';
-
+Common::String SaveLoad::getSaveSlotDescription(int slot) {
+	Common::String description;
 	Common::String filename = getSaveSlotFilename(slot);
 	BasePersistenceManager *pm = new BasePersistenceManager();
-	if (!pm) {
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (!(pm->initLoad(filename))) {
+	if (pm) {
+		if ((pm->initLoad(filename))) {
+			description = pm->_savedDescription;
+		}
 		delete pm;
-		return false;
 	}
-
-	strcpy(buffer, pm->_savedDescription);
-	delete pm;
-
-	return true;
+	return description;
 }
 
 bool SaveLoad::isSaveSlotUsed(int slot) {
diff --git a/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.h b/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.h
index 31f5841f41..e98c7b2f73 100644
--- a/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.h
+++ b/engines/wintermute/base/saveload.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class SaveLoad {
 public:
 	static bool emptySaveSlot(int slot);
 	static bool isSaveSlotUsed(int slot);
-	static bool getSaveSlotDescription(int slot, char *buffer);
+	static Common::String getSaveSlotDescription(int slot);
 	static Common::String getSaveSlotFilename(int slot);
 
 	static bool loadGame(const Common::String &filename, BaseGame *gameRef);