diff --git a/bindings.cc b/bindings.cc
index 9bca3f686..5bf1c14c2 100644
--- a/bindings.cc
+++ b/bindings.cc
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void ExecuteQuery(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
     GENERIC_LOG_TRACE("Number of binds is %d", number_of_binds);
     SF_BIND_INPUT* input_array = (SF_BIND_INPUT*) malloc(number_of_binds * sizeof (SF_BIND_INPUT));
     int64 paramInteger;
-    char* paramString;
+    char paramString[1024];
     for (int64 i = 0; i < number_of_binds; ++i){
         GENERIC_LOG_TRACE("Creating bind param %d", i);
         snowflake_bind_input_init(&input_array[i]);
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void ExecuteQuery(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
         } else if (bindValue->IsString()) {
             String::Utf8Value str(isolate, bindValue.As<String>());
             string cppStr(*str);
-            paramString = (char*) cppStr.c_str(); // TODO how to allow to borrow value in a correct way?
+            strcpy(paramString, cppStr.c_str()); // TODO how to allow to borrow value in a correct way?
             GENERIC_LOG_TRACE("Setting bind param[%d] as string to %s, length %d", i, paramString, strlen(paramString));
             input_array[i].c_type = SF_C_TYPE_STRING;
             input_array[i].value = paramString;
diff --git a/test/integration/generic/generic_test.js b/test/integration/generic/generic_test.js
index ddb53bc6f..e16bab6ed 100644
--- a/test/integration/generic/generic_test.js
+++ b/test/integration/generic/generic_test.js
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@ describe.only('test generic binding', () => {
   };
 
   before(() => {
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-      generic.init('FATAL');
-    } else {
-      generic.init('FATAL');
-    }
+    generic.init('ERROR');
   });
 
   it('should get libsfclient version', () => {