diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 68e23270..f7d527e9 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fdm_client(struct fdm *fdm, int fd, int events, void *data)
     uint16_t term_env_len = *(uint16_t *)p; p += sizeof(term_env_len);
 
     CHECK_BUF(term_env_len);
-    const char *term_env = (const char *)p; p += strlen(term_env) + 1;
+    const char *term_env = (const char *)p; p += term_env_len;
     LOG_DBG("TERM = %.*s", term_env_len, term_env);
 
     if (term_env_len != strlen(term_env) + 1) {