diff --git a/src/gesa.c b/src/gesa.c
index 037b86aaddcc526c8b07181fc1d8f81162792df8..7484f71e17c1a207e072a8daf59f94307e4077a5 100644
--- a/src/gesa.c
+++ b/src/gesa.c
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ int GESA_create(GESA* const              gesa,
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i)
     {
-        gesa->da[i] = 0;
+        gesa->sa[i]  = 0;
+        gesa->lcp[i] = 0;
+        gesa->da[i]  = 0;
     } // for
     return sais((GESA_char_t*) string, gesa->sa, gesa->lcp, (int) length);
 } // GESA_create
diff --git a/tests/test_1.c b/tests/test_1.c
index 2e374ffbcff2f9508d2c5ca9cc26302277881516..58da878ba2223a1af69aea9c4b8a89ad764fb8d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_1.c
+++ b/tests/test_1.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "../include/gesa.h"
 #include "utils.h"
@@ -17,19 +18,28 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     GESA gesa;
 
-    assert(GESA_create(&gesa, (GESA_char_t*) "accttacgacgaccttcca~", 21) == 0);
+    //char const* const string = "accttacgacgaccttcca~";
+    char const* const string = "acaaacatat~";
+    size_t const length = strlen(string) + 1;
+
+    printf("%ld\n", length);
+
+    assert(GESA_create(&gesa, (GESA_char_t*) string, length) == 0);
 
     GESA_print(&gesa, stdout);
 
-    GESA_index_t* childtab = malloc(21 * sizeof(*childtab));
+    GESA_index_t* childtab = malloc(length * sizeof(*childtab));
     assert(childtab != 0);
 
     GESA_calculate_childtab(&gesa, childtab);
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < 21; ++i)
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length - 1; ++i)
     {
         printf("%5ld  %5d\n", i, childtab[i]);
     } // for
 
+    free(childtab);
+    GESA_destroy(&gesa, GESA_KEEP_STRINGS);
+
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 } // main