diff --git a/domain-server/src/main.cpp b/domain-server/src/main.cpp
index 4c13888ee3..07b67db85d 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/main.cpp
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     
     timeval lastStatSendTime = {};
     
-    const char ASSIGNMENT_POOL_OPTION = "-p";
-    const char ASSIGNMENT_SERVER_OPTION = "-a";
+    const char ASSIGNMENT_POOL_OPTION[] = "-p";
+    const char ASSIGNMENT_SERVER_OPTION[]g = "-a";
     
     // set our assignment pool from argv, if it exists
     const char* assignmentPool = getCmdOption(argc, argv, ASSIGNMENT_POOL_OPTION);