1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp b/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp
index 1ee26e803..857ae7019 100644
--- a/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ StyleSwatch::setWatchedTool(const char *path, bool synthesize)
 }
 
 
-void
-StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPCSSAttr *css)
+void StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPCSSAttr *css)
 {
     if (_css)
         sp_repr_css_attr_unref (_css);
@@ -239,18 +238,18 @@ StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPCSSAttr *css)
     _css = sp_repr_css_attr_new();
     sp_repr_css_merge(_css, css);
 
-    gchar const *css_string = sp_repr_css_write_string (_css);
+    Glib::ustring css_string;
+    sp_repr_css_write_string (_css, css_string);
     SPStyle *temp_spstyle = sp_style_new(SP_ACTIVE_DOCUMENT);
-    if (css_string)
-        sp_style_merge_from_style_string (temp_spstyle, css_string);
-
+    if (~css_string.empty()) {
+        sp_style_merge_from_style_string (temp_spstyle, css_string.c_str());
+    }
+    
     setStyle (temp_spstyle);
-
     sp_style_unref (temp_spstyle);
 }
 
-void
-StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPStyle *query)
+void StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPStyle *query)
 {
     _place[SS_FILL].remove();
     _place[SS_STROKE].remove();