diff --git a/include/mtl/string.hpp b/include/mtl/string.hpp
index 5195e34..47c5af6 100644
--- a/include/mtl/string.hpp
+++ b/include/mtl/string.hpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public:
 		m_size = str.length();
 		if (m_size > C) { m_size = m_capacity; }
 
-		mtl::memcpy(m_buf, str, m_size);
+		mtl::memcpy(m_buf, str.c_str(), m_size);
 		m_str[m_size] = '\0';
 	}
 };