diff --git a/client/proxmark3.c b/client/proxmark3.c
index 691311e4..8f401826 100644
--- a/client/proxmark3.c
+++ b/client/proxmark3.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void main_loop(char *script_cmds_file, char *script_cmd, bool usb_present) {
 	if (script_cmds_file) {
 		script_file = fopen(script_cmds_file, "r");
 		if (script_file) {
-			printf("using 'scripting' commands file %s\n", script_cmds_file);
+			printf("executing commands from file: %s\n", script_cmds_file);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -133,27 +133,24 @@ void main_loop(char *script_cmds_file, char *script_cmd, bool usb_present) {
 			} else {
 				strcleanrn(script_cmd_buf, sizeof(script_cmd_buf));
 
-				if ((cmd = (char*) malloc(strlen(script_cmd_buf) + 1)) != NULL) {
-					memset(cmd, 0, strlen(script_cmd_buf) + 1);
-					strcpy(cmd, script_cmd_buf);
+				if ((cmd = strmcopy(script_cmd_buf)) != NULL) {
 					printf(PROXPROMPT"%s\n", cmd);
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			// If there is a script command
 			if (execCommand){
-				if ((cmd = (char*) malloc(strlen(script_cmd) + 1)) != NULL) {
-					memset(cmd, 0, strlen(script_cmd) + 1);
-					strcpy(cmd, script_cmd);
+				if ((cmd = strmcopy(script_cmd)) != NULL) {
 					printf(PROXPROMPT"%s\n", cmd);
 				}
-				
+
 				execCommand = false;
 			} else {
 				// exit after exec command
 				if (script_cmd)
 					break;
 
+				// if there is a pipe from stdin
 				if (stdinOnPipe) {
 					memset(script_cmd_buf, 0, sizeof(script_cmd_buf));
 					if (!fgets(script_cmd_buf, sizeof(script_cmd_buf), stdin)) {
@@ -162,9 +159,7 @@ void main_loop(char *script_cmds_file, char *script_cmd, bool usb_present) {
 					}
 					strcleanrn(script_cmd_buf, sizeof(script_cmd_buf));
 
-					if ((cmd = (char*) malloc(strlen(script_cmd_buf) + 1)) != NULL) {
-						memset(cmd, 0, strlen(script_cmd_buf) + 1);
-						strcpy(cmd, script_cmd_buf);
+					if ((cmd = strmcopy(script_cmd_buf)) != NULL) {
 						printf(PROXPROMPT"%s\n", cmd);
 					}
 					
diff --git a/client/util.c b/client/util.c
index bc422bba..8357f601 100644
--- a/client/util.c
+++ b/client/util.c
@@ -637,6 +637,15 @@ void strcreplace(char *buf, size_t len, char from, char to) {
   }
 }
 
+char *strmcopy(char *buf) {
+	char * str = NULL;
+	if ((str = (char*) malloc(strlen(buf) + 1)) != NULL) {
+		memset(str, 0, strlen(buf) + 1);
+		strcpy(str, buf);
+	}	
+	return str;
+}
+
 
 // determine number of logical CPU cores (use for multithreaded functions)
 extern int num_CPUs(void)
diff --git a/client/util.h b/client/util.h
index 5730faa7..d6ed7d17 100644
--- a/client/util.h
+++ b/client/util.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ extern void rol(uint8_t *data, const size_t len);
 extern void clean_ascii(unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
 void strcleanrn(char *buf, size_t len);
 void strcreplace(char *buf, size_t len, char from, char to);
+char *strmcopy(char *buf);
 
 extern int num_CPUs(void);			// number of logical CPUs