diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0a6589d2..55b53308 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2017-02-24  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* FListBox gets the option to save a data pointer for 
 	  every FListBoxItem element
+	* Fixes incorrect return value of FString::toString()
 
 2017-02-19  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* New FWidget methods setMinimumWidth(), setMinimumHeight(), 
diff --git a/src/fstring.cpp b/src/fstring.cpp
index abc0a990..e21b2d6a 100644
--- a/src/fstring.cpp
+++ b/src/fstring.cpp
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ const char* FString::c_str() const
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 const std::string FString::toString() const
 {
-  return std::string(c_str(), length+1);
+  return std::string(c_str(), length);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------