diff --git a/tools/stl_bin2txt.cpp b/tools/stl_bin2txt.cpp
index 0c042ec975..976c3ad089 100644
--- a/tools/stl_bin2txt.cpp
+++ b/tools/stl_bin2txt.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         printf("Error reading binary STL header: %s\n", strerror(errno));
         return 4;
     }
+    title[79] = '\0'; // ensure null termination of title string
     count = strlen(title);
     if (count == 0) snprintf(title, 80, "STL object from file %s", argv[1]);