1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_http.c b/plugins/check_http.c
index 110f1188..425ce86b 100644
--- a/plugins/check_http.c
+++ b/plugins/check_http.c
@@ -472,9 +472,8 @@ bool process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
       http_method = strdup (optarg);
       char *tmp;
       if ((tmp = strstr(http_method, ":")) != NULL) {
-        tmp[0] = '\0';
-        http_method = http_method;
-        http_method_proxy = ++tmp;
+        tmp[0] = '\0'; // set the ":" in the middle to 0
+        http_method_proxy = ++tmp; // this points to the second part
       }
       break;
     case 'd': /* string or substring */