diff --git a/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs b/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
index 235854d..6683fce 100644
--- a/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust-whisper-baked/src/main.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl Destutterer {
                next
             };
             let trailing_punctuation = next[without_trailing_punctuation.len() ..].to_string();
-            let next = without_trailing_punctuation;
+            let next = without_trailing_punctuation.clone();
             let next = {
                let mut n = prev.len().clamp(0, next.len());
                while n > 0 {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl Destutterer {
             if next.len() == 0 {
                return "".to_string();
             }
-            self.prev = Some(next.clone());
+            self.prev = Some(without_trailing_punctuation);
             next + &trailing_punctuation
          },
       }