--- trunk/paramin-beta/slavecommunication.cc	2015/05/10 12:04:01	5
+++ trunk/paramin-beta/slavecommunication.cc	2015/05/10 20:56:01	6
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@
 	
   	for (i = 0; i < numVar; i++) 
 	{
-		MPI_Recv(tempString, MaxStrLength, MPI_BYTE, 0,MPI_ANY_TAG, parentcomm, &status);
+  		strncpy(tempString, "\0", MaxStrLength+1);
+		MPI_Recv(tempString, MaxStrLength, MPI_CHAR, 0,MPI_ANY_TAG, parentcomm, &status);
     	Parameter pm(tempString);
     	netDataStr.resize(pm);
   	}
@@ -349,4 +350,4 @@
   int i;
   for (i = 0; i < numVar; i++)
     vec[i] = netDataDouble[i];
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}