diff --git a/src/string_compare_guy.c b/src/string_compare_guy.c
index f19760e..19f9cef 100644
--- a/src/string_compare_guy.c
+++ b/src/string_compare_guy.c
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
 // right hand side, length and returns 1 if the right hand side (needle) is inside the left hand
 // side (haystack).
 static int string_compare_guy(char* lhs, int llength, char* rhs, int rlength) {
-	char* lnz = alloca(llength + 1);
+	char lnz[llength + 1];
 	memcpy(lnz, lhs, llength);
 	lnz[llength] = 0;
 
-	char* rnz = alloca(rlength + 1);
+	char rnz[rlength + 1];
 	memcpy(rnz, rhs, rlength);
 	rnz[rlength] = 0;
 
-	int result = (intptr_t) strstr(lnz, rhs);
+	char *result = strstr(lnz, rhs);
 
-	return result;
+	return result == NULL ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
 int main() {