diff --git a/nostrdb/src/nostrdb.c b/nostrdb/src/nostrdb.c
index a2464ac6..990bdf1d 100644
--- a/nostrdb/src/nostrdb.c
+++ b/nostrdb/src/nostrdb.c
@@ -7081,6 +7081,7 @@ static struct ndb_blocks *ndb_note_to_blocks(struct ndb_note *note)
 	const char *content;
 	size_t content_len;
 	struct ndb_blocks *blocks;
+	unsigned char *buffer;
 
 	content = ndb_note_content(note);
 	content_len = ndb_note_content_length(note);
@@ -7089,7 +7090,7 @@ static struct ndb_blocks *ndb_note_to_blocks(struct ndb_note *note)
 	if (content_len >= INT32_MAX)
 		return NULL;
 
-    unsigned char *buffer = malloc(2<<18);  // Not carefully calculated, but ok because we will not need this once we switch to the local relay model
+	buffer = malloc(2<<18);  // Not carefully calculated, but ok because we will not need this once we switch to the local relay model
 	if (!buffer)
 		return NULL;