diff --git a/src/Sound/flitevoice.cxx b/src/Sound/flitevoice.cxx
index 5fb95ee..3d75bc6 100644
--- a/src/Sound/flitevoice.cxx
+++ b/src/Sound/flitevoice.cxx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void FGFLITEVoice::speak(const string & msg)
       urlcmd.append("\"");
       urlcmd.append(serverurl);
       urlcmd.append("/speech/?str=");
-      urlcmd.append(msg);
+      urlcmd.append(s);
       urlcmd.append("\"");
 
       SG_LOG(SG_SOUND, SG_INFO, "CMD :" << urlcmd );