diff --git a/tracy/tracy/src/t2elem.cc b/tracy/tracy/src/t2elem.cc
index 3371f9cfd4a0a15ffa6e4b44b71ff1bcc4591bd1..4af12552477794436dae376c71266fe54219e906 100644
--- a/tracy/tracy/src/t2elem.cc
+++ b/tracy/tracy/src/t2elem.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
  Element propagators.                                                      */
 
+// gets rid of annoying "deprecated conversion from string constant blah blah" warning
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wwrite-strings"
+
 double c_1, d_1, c_2, d_2, cl_rad, q_fluct;
 double I2, I4, I5, dcurly_H, dI4;
 ElemFamType ElemFam[Elem_nFamMax];