diff --git a/src/fileio.cpp b/src/fileio.cpp
--- a/src/fileio.cpp
+++ b/src/fileio.cpp
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ uint FileScanner::Scan(const char *exten
  * @return the number of found files, i.e. the number of times that
  *         AddFile returned true.
  */
-uint FileScanner::Scan(const char *extension, const char *directory, bool recursive)
+uint FileScanner::Scan(const char *extension, const std::string &directory, bool recursive)
 {
 	std::string path(directory);
 	AppendPathSeparator(path);