diff --git a/src/server/distrend.c b/src/server/distrend.c
--- a/src/server/distrend.c
+++ b/src/server/distrend.c
@@ -717,8 +717,7 @@ int updateJobListXML(struct distrenjob *
   char *tmp2;
   int counter;
 
-  _distren_asprintf(&tmp, "job_list.xml");
-  writer = xmlNewTextWriterFilename(tmp, 0);
+  writer = xmlNewTextWriterFilename("job_list.xml", 0);
   xmlTextWriterStartDocument(writer, NULL, "utf-8", NULL);
 
   // create root element job_list