diff --git a/src/LuaEngine/ElunaQueryMethods.h b/src/LuaEngine/ElunaQueryMethods.h
index 17da0ee0e6..3780184b22 100644
--- a/src/LuaEngine/ElunaQueryMethods.h
+++ b/src/LuaEngine/ElunaQueryMethods.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace LuaQuery
         if (field >= count)
         {
             char arr[256];
-            sprintf(arr, "trying to access invalid field index %u. There are %u fields available and the indexes start from 0", field, count);
+            snprintf(arr, sizeof(arr), "trying to access invalid field index %u. There are %u fields available and the indexes start from 0", field, count);
             luaL_argerror(L, 2, arr);
         }
     }