diff --git a/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp b/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
index 6e586966..def38f81 100644
--- a/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hyprland/backend.cpp
@@ -166,9 +166,13 @@ std::string IPC::getSocket1Reply(const std::string& rq) {
 
   std::string socketPath = "/tmp/hypr/" + instanceSigStr + "/.socket.sock";
 
-  strcpy(serverAddress.sun_path, socketPath.c_str());
+  // Use snprintf to copy the socketPath string into serverAddress.sun_path
+  if (snprintf(serverAddress.sun_path, sizeof(serverAddress.sun_path), "%s", socketPath.c_str()) < 0) {
+    spdlog::error("Hyprland IPC: Couldn't copy socket path (6)");
+    return "";
+  }
 
-  if (connect(SERVERSOCKET, (sockaddr*)&serverAddress, SUN_LEN(&serverAddress)) < 0) {
+  if (connect(SERVERSOCKET, (sockaddr*)&serverAddress, sizeof(serverAddress)) < 0) {
     spdlog::error("Hyprland IPC: Couldn't connect to " + socketPath + ". (3)");
     return "";
   }