1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
index d7daacd03..ac51d768d 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ proc processRequest(
   server: AsyncHttpServer,
   req: FutureVar[Request],
   client: AsyncSocket,
-  address: string,
+  address: sink string,
   lineFut: FutureVar[string],
   callback: proc (request: Request): Future[void] {.closure, gcsafe.},
 ): Future[bool] {.async.} =
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ proc processRequest(
   # \n
   request.headers.clear()
   request.body = ""
-  request.hostname.shallowCopy(address)
+  when defined(gcArc) or defined(gcOrc):
+    request.hostname = address
+  else:
+    request.hostname.shallowCopy(address)
   assert client != nil
   request.client = client