diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index 4f51db5..09799a5 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -100,7 +100,27 @@ rtos(void * data,
 ){
   (void) colname;
 
-  char *const *const r = (char**)data;
+  char ** r = (char**)data;
+
+  size_t data_len = 0;
+  for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+  {
+    if(argv[i])
+    {
+		  data_len += strlen(argv[i]);
+	  }
+	  else
+	  {
+      /* strlen("NULL") == 4 */
+		  data_len += 4;
+	  }
+    /* strlen("|") * 2 == 2 */
+    data_len += 2;
+  }
+  ++data_len;
+
+  *r = (char *)calloc(data_len, sizeof(char));
+
   for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++){
 	strcat(*r, "|");
 	if(argv[i]){
@@ -120,9 +140,10 @@ DECL char *
 dump()
 {
   char* errmsg;
-  /* TODO: allow for reallocing in rtos, start with a smaller value */
-  char* r = (char*)calloc(sizeof(char), 10000);
+  char* r = NULL;
+
   DBERR(sqlite3_exec(connection, dump_stmt, rtos, &r, &errmsg));
+
   return r;
 }
 
@@ -130,9 +151,10 @@ DECL char *
 raw(char const * const sql)
 {
   char* errmsg;
-  /* TODO: allow for reallocing in rtos, start with a smaller value */
-  char *r = (char*)calloc(sizeof(char), 10000);
+  char *r = NULL;
+
   sqlite3_exec(connection, sql, rtos, &r, &errmsg);
+  
   if (errmsg){
     free(r);
 	r = errmsg;