diff --git a/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp b/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp
index bb95a0534..129e63797 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/android_commandLine.cpp
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 #include "android_commandLine.h"
 #include "string.h"
 
- const char *argvData[15];
- int argcData;
+
+
+const char **argvData;
+int argcData;
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ui_activity_GameActivity_commandLine(JNIEnv *env,
 		jobject obj, jint argc, jobjectArray stringArray) {
 	jboolean iscopy;
 	argcData = (int) argc;
-	argvData[0]="openmw";
-	for (int i = 0; i < argcData; i++) {
-		jstring string = (jstring) (*env).GetObjectArrayElement(stringArray, i);
-		argvData[i+1] = (env)->GetStringUTFChars(string, &iscopy);
+	argvData= new const char * [argcData+1];
+	argvData[0] = "openmw";
+	for (int i = 1; i < argcData+1; i++) {
+		jstring string = (jstring) (*env).GetObjectArrayElement(stringArray, i-1);
+		argvData[i] = (env)->GetStringUTFChars(string, &iscopy);
 	}
-
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/android_main.c b/apps/openmw/android_main.c
index 0cfb8dcfa..d3a6ca63a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/android_main.c
+++ b/apps/openmw/android_main.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 extern void SDL_Android_Init(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls);
 extern int argcData;
-extern const char *argvData[15];
+extern const char **argvData;
 
 int Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls,
 		jobject obj) {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ int Java_org_libsdl_app_SDLActivity_nativeInit(JNIEnv* env, jclass cls,
 	int status;
 
 	status = main(argcData+1, argvData);
+	free (argvData);
 
 	/* Do not issue an exit or the whole application will terminate instead of just the SDL thread */
 	/* exit(status); */