Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/read_vectors.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/read_vectors.c	(revision 41344)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/read_vectors.c	(revision 41363)
@@ -335,4 +335,5 @@
 		value = thisword(ptr);
 	      }
+	      if (value == NULL) {value = strcreate ("");} // we need at least an empty string not a NULL
 	      vec[i][0].elements.Str[Nelem] = value; // needs to be freed later.
 	      break;