diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a1fde20..9c64dfb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5198,3 +5198,8 @@ Thu Mar 11 11:55:45 2004                        Michael Jennings (mej)
 
 Fix "make distcheck"
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+Mon Apr  5 17:12:06 2004                        Michael Jennings (mej)
+
+Fixed bug in loading print_pipe attribute pointed out by Tom A. Cox
+<tomc@hot.rr.com>.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index d65cfea..29430ab 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -1441,8 +1441,7 @@ parse_misc(char *buff, void *state)
     }
     if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(buff, "print_pipe ")) {
 #ifdef PRINTPIPE
-        RESET_AND_ASSIGN(rs_print_pipe, STRDUP(get_pword(2, buff)));
-        chomp(rs_print_pipe);
+        RESET_AND_ASSIGN(rs_print_pipe, get_word(2, buff));
 #else
         print_warning("Support for the print_pipe attribute was not compiled in, ignoring\n");
 #endif