diff --git a/include/rjp.h b/include/rjp.h
index 53aab7e..92ce6d7 100644
--- a/include/rjp.h
+++ b/include/rjp.h
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ size_t rjp_member_name_length(RJP_value* member);
 RJP_search_res rjp_search_member(const RJP_value* object, const char* search, size_t skip);
 //Search for first occurance of multiple keys. Returns first occurance of each.
 //Assumes dest is large enough to hold maximum num items.
-size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, RJP_search_res* dest, size_t skip);
+size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char* const* searches, RJP_search_res* dest, size_t skip);
 //Search for multiple occurances of multiple keys. Returns pointer to list of matches.
 //Returned pointer must be freed using rjp_free
-RJP_search_res* rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip);
+RJP_search_res* rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char* const* searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip);
 //Access first element of a json array
 RJP_value* rjp_get_element(const RJP_value* array);
 //Access next element of a json array given the previous element
diff --git a/src/rjp.c b/src/rjp.c
index bf9b480..0344a86 100644
--- a/src/rjp.c
+++ b/src/rjp.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ RJP_search_res rjp_search_member(const RJP_value* object, const char* search, si
 	return (RJP_search_res){0};
 }
 
-size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, RJP_search_res* dest, size_t skip){
+size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char* const* searches, RJP_search_res* dest, size_t skip){
 	const char** tmp = rjp_alloc(num*sizeof(char*));
 	for(size_t i = 0;i < num;++i){
 		tmp[i] = searches[i];
@@ -151,25 +151,22 @@ size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** sear
 
 	for(;member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++objindex){
 		for(size_t i = 0;i < num;++i){
-			if(searches[i] == NULL)
+			if(tmp[i] == NULL)
 				continue;
-			if(!strcmp(((RJP_object_member*)member)->name.value, searches[i])){
+			if(!strcmp(((RJP_object_member*)member)->name.value, tmp[i])){
 				dest[i].value = member;
 				dest[i].searchindex = i;
 				dest[i].objindex = objindex;
-				searches[i] = NULL;
+				tmp[i] = NULL;
 				++matches;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	for(size_t i = 0;i < num;++i){
-		searches[i] = tmp[i];
-	}
 	rjp_free(tmp);
 	return matches;
 }
-RJP_search_res* rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip){
+RJP_search_res* rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char* const* searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip){
 	RJP_search_res* ret = rjp_alloc(num*sizeof(RJP_search_res));
 	size_t ret_size = num;
 	size_t j = 0;