diff --git a/src/Vehicle/RemoteIDManager.cc b/src/Vehicle/RemoteIDManager.cc
index 2cd023c..4deaf2e 100644
--- a/src/Vehicle/RemoteIDManager.cc
+++ b/src/Vehicle/RemoteIDManager.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ QGC_LOGGING_CATEGORY(RemoteIDManagerLog, "RemoteIDManagerLog")
 #define ALLOWED_GPS_DELAY 5000
 #define RID_TIMEOUT 2500 // Messages should be arriving at 1 Hz, so we set a 2 second timeout
 
-const uint8_t* RemoteIDManager::_id_or_mac_unknown = {NULL};
+const uint8_t* RemoteIDManager::_id_or_mac_unknown = new uint8_t[MAVLINK_MSG_OPEN_DRONE_ID_OPERATOR_ID_FIELD_ID_OR_MAC_LEN]();
 
 RemoteIDManager::RemoteIDManager(Vehicle* vehicle)
     : QObject               (vehicle)
@@ -212,32 +212,30 @@ void RemoteIDManager::_sendSelfIDMsg()
 // We need to return the correct description for the self ID type we have selected
 const char* RemoteIDManager::_getSelfIDDescription()
 {
-    QByteArray bytesFree = (_settings->selfIDFree()->rawValue().toString()).toLocal8Bit();
-    QByteArray bytesEmergency = (_settings->selfIDEmergency()->rawValue().toString()).toLocal8Bit();
-    QByteArray bytesExtended = (_settings->selfIDExtended()->rawValue().toString()).toLocal8Bit();
-
-    const char* descriptionToSend;
+    QString descriptionToSend;
 
     if (_emergencyDeclared) {
         // If emergency is declared we dont care about the settings and we send emergency directly
-        descriptionToSend = bytesEmergency.data();
+        descriptionToSend = _settings->selfIDEmergency()->rawValue().toString();
     } else {
         switch (_settings->selfIDType()->rawValue().toInt()) {
             case 0:
-                descriptionToSend = bytesFree.data();
+                descriptionToSend = _settings->selfIDFree()->rawValue().toString();
                 break;
             case 1:
-                descriptionToSend = bytesEmergency.data();
+                descriptionToSend = _settings->selfIDEmergency()->rawValue().toString();
                 break;
             case 2:
-                descriptionToSend = bytesExtended.data();
+                descriptionToSend = _settings->selfIDExtended()->rawValue().toString();
                 break;
             default:
-                descriptionToSend = bytesEmergency.data();
+                descriptionToSend = _settings->selfIDEmergency()->rawValue().toString();
         }
     }
 
-    return descriptionToSend;
+    QByteArray descriptionBuffer = descriptionToSend.toLocal8Bit();
+    descriptionBuffer.resize(MAVLINK_MSG_OPEN_DRONE_ID_SELF_ID_FIELD_DESCRIPTION_LEN);
+    return descriptionBuffer.constData();
 }
 
 void RemoteIDManager::_sendOperatorID()
@@ -249,7 +247,7 @@ void RemoteIDManager::_sendOperatorID()
         mavlink_message_t msg;
 
         QByteArray bytesOperatorID = (_settings->operatorID()->rawValue().toString()).toLocal8Bit();
-        const char* descriptionToSend = bytesOperatorID.data();
+        bytesOperatorID.resize(MAVLINK_MSG_OPEN_DRONE_ID_OPERATOR_ID_FIELD_OPERATOR_ID_LEN);
 
         mavlink_msg_open_drone_id_operator_id_pack_chan(
                                                     _mavlink->getSystemId(),
@@ -260,7 +258,7 @@ void RemoteIDManager::_sendOperatorID()
                                                     _targetComponent,
                                                     _id_or_mac_unknown,
                                                     _settings->operatorIDType()->rawValue().toInt(),
-                                                    descriptionToSend);
+                                                    bytesOperatorID.constData());
 
         _vehicle->sendMessageOnLinkThreadSafe(sharedLink.get(), msg);
     }