diff --git a/src/dillo.cc b/src/dillo.cc
index afa94d5..fc4a08b 100644
--- a/src/dillo.cc
+++ b/src/dillo.cc
@@ -370,17 +370,18 @@ static void setColors()
  */
 static DilloUrl *makeStartUrl(char *str, bool local)
 {
+   using namespace std::literals::string_literals;
    std::string url_str;
-   char *p;
+   std::string p;
    DilloUrl *start_url;
 
    /* Relative path to a local file? */
-   p = (*str == '/') ? dStrdup(str) :
-                       dStrconcat(Paths::getOldWorkingDir(), "/", str, NULL);
+   p = (*str == '/') ? str :
+                       Paths::getOldWorkingDir() + "/"s +  str;
 
-   if (access(p, F_OK) == 0) {
+   if (access(p.c_str(), F_OK) == 0) {
       /* absolute path may have non-URL characters */
-      url_str = a_Misc_escape_chars(p, "% #");
+      url_str = a_Misc_escape_chars(p.c_str(), "% #");
       start_url = a_Url_new(url_str.c_str() + 1, "file:/");
    } else {
       /* Not a file, filter URL string */
@@ -389,7 +390,6 @@ static DilloUrl *makeStartUrl(char *str, bool local)
 	  dFree( tmp );
       start_url = a_Url_new(url_str.c_str(), NULL);
    }
-   dFree(p);
 
    if (local)
       a_Url_set_flags(start_url, URL_FLAGS(start_url) | URL_SpamSafe);