diff --git a/src/platform/platform_win32/platform_win32.c b/src/platform/platform_win32/platform_win32.c
index 7338e706..3a1e4689 100644
--- a/src/platform/platform_win32/platform_win32.c
+++ b/src/platform/platform_win32/platform_win32.c
@@ -522,13 +522,13 @@ void PLT_MessageBox(PLT_MessageBoxKind kind, String message)
 
 void PLT_SetClipboardText(String str)
 {
+  TempArena scratch = BeginScratchNoConflict();
   if (OpenClipboard(0))
   {
-    TempArena scratch = BeginScratchNoConflict();
     String16 str16 = String16FromString(scratch.arena, str);
     u64 str16_size_bytes = str16.len * 2;
     EmptyClipboard();
-    HANDLE handle = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, str16_size_bytes + 1);
+    HANDLE handle = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, str16_size_bytes + 2);
     if (handle)
     {
       u16 *dest_wstr = (u16 *)GlobalLock(handle);
@@ -538,8 +538,8 @@ void PLT_SetClipboardText(String str)
       SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, handle);
     }
     CloseClipboard();
-    EndScratch(scratch);
   }
+  EndScratch(scratch);
 }
 
 String PLT_GetClipboardText(Arena *arena)