Index: trunk/ppViz/src/ppCoord/ppCoordArguments.c
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--- trunk/ppViz/src/ppCoord/ppCoordArguments.c	(revision 27605)
+++ trunk/ppViz/src/ppCoord/ppCoordArguments.c	(revision 27606)
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
     }
     data->ds9radius = psMetadataLookupF32(NULL, arguments, "-ds9-radius");
-    data->ds9color = psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, arguments, "-ds9-color");
+    data->ds9color = psMemIncrRefCounter(psMetadataLookupStr(NULL, arguments, "-ds9-color"));
 
     psTrace("ppCoord", 1, "Done reading command-line arguments\n");