diff --git a/src/config/config.rs b/src/config/config.rs
index 1cf13a1..5640f70 100644
--- a/src/config/config.rs
+++ b/src/config/config.rs
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ impl Config {
 			path.display(),
 		);
 
-		// this Box::leak() may not be great? something about leaking memory?
-		// i don't know what i'm doing here?
 		Ok(try_print!(
-			toml::from_str(Box::leak(file_contents.into_boxed_str())),
+			toml::from_str(&file_contents),
 			"Unable to parse toml: {}",
 			path.display(),
 		))