Index: MultiSource/Benchmarks/DOE-ProxyApps-C/Pathfinder/main.c
===================================================================
--- MultiSource/Benchmarks/DOE-ProxyApps-C/Pathfinder/main.c
+++ MultiSource/Benchmarks/DOE-ProxyApps-C/Pathfinder/main.c
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@
         do {
 
             printf("\nPlease insert a node label for this signature (\"\" to complete, \"bail\" to exit):\n");
-            gets(stringBuffer);
+            fgets(stringBuffer, sizeof(stringBuffer), stdin);
+            stringBuffer[strcspn(stringBuffer, "\r\n")] = '\0';
 
             if ( strcmp (stringBuffer, "bail") == 0 )
                 exit(1);