diff --git a/damus/Models/Mentions.swift b/damus/Models/Mentions.swift
index ecdeb067..21e8f309 100644
--- a/damus/Models/Mentions.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/Mentions.swift
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func parse_mentions(content: String, tags: [[String]]) -> [Block] {
     blocks_init(&bs)
     
     let bytes = content.utf8CString
-    bytes.withUnsafeBufferPointer { p in
+    let _ = bytes.withUnsafeBufferPointer { p in
         damus_parse_content(&bs, p.baseAddress)
     }