diff --git a/libcorpus2_whole/io/relwriter.cpp b/libcorpus2_whole/io/relwriter.cpp
index ca904a913ad1fe3110dda48bb88e64da92efb627..1796c28b35e200ccf8c9cec270da64c351687809 100755
--- a/libcorpus2_whole/io/relwriter.cpp
+++ b/libcorpus2_whole/io/relwriter.cpp
@@ -46,27 +46,24 @@ void RelationWriter::write(const std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<Relation> >& rel
 		ofs<<"   <rel name=\"";
 		ofs<<r->name().c_str()<<"\">"<<endl;
 		ofs<<"      <from sent=\"";
-		ofs<<r->from()->sentence_id().c_str();
+		ofs<<r->from()->sentence_id();
 		ofs<<"\" chan=\"";
-		ofs<<r->from()->channel_name().c_str();
+		ofs<<r->from()->channel_name();
 		ofs<<"\">";
 		ofs<<r->from()->annotation_number();
 		ofs<<"</from>"<<endl;
 		ofs<<"      <to sent=\"";
-                ofs<<r->to()->sentence_id().c_str();
-                ofs<<"\" chan=\"";
-                ofs<<r->to()->channel_name().c_str();
-                ofs<<"\">";
-                ofs<<r->to()->annotation_number();
-                ofs<<"</to>"<<endl;
+		ofs<<r->to()->sentence_id();
+		ofs<<"\" chan=\"";
+		ofs<<r->to()->channel_name();
+		ofs<<"\">";
+		ofs<<r->to()->annotation_number();
+		ofs<<"</to>"<<endl;
 		ofs<<"   </rel>"<<endl;
 	}
-	
-	
-	
         //footer
 	ofs<<"</relations>";
-        ofs.close();
+	ofs.close();
 }