diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index e586770..10d891a 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ conf_setup(struct conf *c, const char *conf_file)
 		if (stat(conf_file, &sb) == -1 || !(sb.st_mode & S_IFREG))
 			errx(1, "%s: %s", conf_file, strerror(errno));
 		else
-			snprintf(c->conf_path, sizeof(c->conf_path), "%s",
-			    conf_file);
+			strlcpy(c->conf_path, conf_file, sizeof(c->conf_path));
 
 	conf_init(c);