diff --git a/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp b/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp
index 19ea133c5d..e11611a5df 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp
@@ -192,16 +192,17 @@ EmptyTempDLFileDir()
 #pragma region curl
 inline std::string
 useragent() {
-	return fmt::format("Etterna/{} ({})",
+	static auto agent = fmt::format("Etterna/{} ({})",
 					   GAMESTATE->GetEtternaVersion(),
 					   Core::Platform::getSystem());
+	return agent;
 }
 
 inline CURL*
 initBasicCURLHandle()
 {
 	CURL* curlHandle = curl_easy_init();
-	curl_easy_setopt_log_err(curlHandle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, useragent());
+	curl_easy_setopt_log_err(curlHandle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, useragent().c_str());
 	curl_easy_setopt_log_err(curlHandle, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
 	curl_easy_setopt_log_err(curlHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
 	curl_easy_setopt_log_err(curlHandle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);