diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index fa0d6e0..26b01c4 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ char* smartstrcasestr(char *haystack, const char *needle){
 	needle -= passes;
 	if (smart == 0) {
 		char *needle_case = malloc(strlen(needle)+1);
-		strcpy(needle_case, needle);
+		memcpy(needle_case, needle, strlen(needle));
 		passes = 0;
 		while (*needle_case) {
 			*needle_case = *needle_case | ' ';
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ char* smartstrcasestr(char *haystack, const char *needle){
 		needle_case -= passes;
 
 		char *haystack_case = malloc(strlen(haystack)+1);
-		strcpy(haystack_case, haystack);
+		memcpy(haystack_case, haystack, strlen(haystack));
 		passes = 0;
 		while (*haystack_case) {
 			*haystack_case = *haystack_case | ' ';
diff --git a/colors.c b/colors.c
index 042d275..adc4ac9 100644
--- a/colors.c
+++ b/colors.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void colors_init() {
 				if (line[0] == '.') {
 					extension = strtok(line, " ");
 					colors[i].file_extension = malloc(strlen(extension)+1);
-					strcpy(colors[i].file_extension, extension);
+					memcpy(colors[i].file_extension, extension, strlen(extension)+1);
 
 					colors[i].color_pair = i+11;
 					parse_colors(line, &fg, &bg);
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index d8fca23..df3f9c9 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void get_dir_content(char *path, unsigned long *dir_file_count, file *dir_conten
 		if (entry[i]->d_name[0] == '.' && !(file_modifiers & FILE_MODIFIERS_HIDDEN_FILES)) {
 		} else {
 			dir_content[i].file_name = malloc(strlen(entry[i]->d_name)+1);
-			strcpy(dir_content[i].file_name, entry[i]->d_name);
+			memcpy(dir_content[i].file_name, entry[i]->d_name, strlen(entry[i]->d_name) + 1);
 
 			
 			struct stat *file;
diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 158f3af..5a4d81d 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ void move_right(){
 					cmd = concat(cmd, "\"");
 					btm_buffer = malloc(strlen(cmd));
 				
-					strcpy(btm_buffer, cmd-1);
+					memcpy(btm_buffer, cmd, strlen(cmd));
 
 
 					if (system(cmd) == -1) {
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ void jump_to_dir(unsigned long passes, int index){
 	ch = (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic;
 	if (*ch == '/') {
 		path = malloc(strlen((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic));
-		strcpy(path, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic);
+		memcpy(path, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic, strlen((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic)+1);
 	} else if (slash) {
 		env_str = malloc(env_len * sizeof(char));
 		memcpy(env_str, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic +1, env_len);
@@ -600,16 +600,16 @@ void jump_to_dir(unsigned long passes, int index){
 			path = concat(env_parsed, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic + env_len);
 		} else {
 			path = malloc(strlen((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic));
-			strcpy(path, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic);
+			memcpy(path, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic, strlen((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic)+1);
 		}
 	} else {
 		env_parsed = getenv((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic +1);
 		if (env_parsed) {
 			path = malloc(strlen(env_parsed)+1);
-			strcpy(path, env_parsed);
+			memcpy(path, env_parsed, strlen(env_parsed)+1);
 		} else {
 			path = malloc(strlen((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic));
-			strcpy(path, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic);
+			memcpy(path, (char*)key_binding[index].black_magic, strlen((char*)key_binding[index].black_magic)+1);
 		}
 	}
 	if (chdir(path) != 0) {
@@ -772,13 +772,13 @@ void yank_file(unsigned long passes, int index){
 		yank_files.count = 1;
 		yank_files.list = (char**)malloc(yank_files.count * sizeof(char*));
 		*yank_files.list = malloc(strlen(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name)+1);
-		strcpy(*yank_files.list, mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
+		memcpy(*yank_files.list, mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name, strlen(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name));
 	} else {
 		yank_files.list = malloc(yank_files.count * sizeof(char*));
 		for (i = 0; i < mid_file_count; i++) {
 			if (mid_content[i].status & FILE_STATUS_SELECTED) {
 				*yank_files.list = malloc(strlen(mid_content[i].file_name)+1);
-				strcpy(*yank_files.list, mid_content[i].file_name);
+				memcpy(*yank_files.list, mid_content[i].file_name, strlen(mid_content[i].file_name));
 				yank_files.list += 1;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/threading.c b/threading.c
index f89291b..ddc640d 100644
--- a/threading.c
+++ b/threading.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void *thread_rgt(){
 		char *path;
 		if (mid_file_count != 0) {
 			path = malloc(strlen(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name) + 1);
-			strcpy(path, mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name);
+			memcpy(path, mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name, strlen(mid_content[selected_file_current].file_name)+1);
 		} else {
 			path = malloc(sizeof(char));
 			path[0] = '\0';