diff --git a/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c b/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
index 3463b58d80cc03c7fa2baab74a20907d10454db1..e78cffa831b9f57e65132b5813aea7204200dba8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/install/sbbsinst.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ get_distlist(void)
 				SAFECOPY(server[s]->addr,p);
 				p=tp+1;
 				while(*p && *p<=' ') p++;	/* desc follows whitepsace */
-				SAFECOPY(server[s]->desc,++p);
+				SAFECOPY(server[s]->desc,p);
 				s++;
 				break;
 		}