diff --git a/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.cpp b/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.cpp
index 7d0ffe89..41b5cd7f 100644
--- a/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.cpp
@@ -746,21 +746,22 @@ void TextEditor::Render(const char* aTitle, const ImVec2& aSize, bool aBorder)
 	mWithinRender = false;
 }
 
-void TextEditor::SetText(const std::string & aText)
+void TextEditor::SetText(const char* aText)
 {
 	mLines.clear();
-	for (auto chr : aText)
+	while( *aText )
 	{
 		if (mLines.empty())
 			mLines.push_back(Line());
-		if (chr == '\n')
+		if (*aText == '\n')
 			mLines.push_back(Line());
 		else
 		{
-			mLines.back().push_back(Glyph(chr, PaletteIndex::Default));
+			mLines.back().push_back(Glyph(*aText, PaletteIndex::Default));
 		}
 
 		mTextChanged = true;
+        aText++;
 	}
 
 	mUndoBuffer.clear();
diff --git a/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.h b/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.h
index e560a99b..d1a2c92f 100644
--- a/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.h
+++ b/imguicolortextedit/TextEditor.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public:
 	void SetBreakpoints(const Breakpoints& aMarkers) { mBreakpoints = aMarkers; }
 
 	void Render(const char* aTitle, const ImVec2& aSize = ImVec2(), bool aBorder = false);
-	void SetText(const std::string& aText);
+	void SetText(const char* aText);
 	std::string GetText() const;
 	std::string GetSelectedText() const;
 
diff --git a/server/TracyView.cpp b/server/TracyView.cpp
index aefec45d..ed07f992 100644
--- a/server/TracyView.cpp
+++ b/server/TracyView.cpp
@@ -416,11 +416,11 @@ void View::SetTextEditorFile( const char* fileName, int line )
         fseek( f, 0, SEEK_END );
         const auto sz = ftell( f );
         fseek( f, 0, SEEK_SET );
-        std::string data;
-        data.resize( sz );
-        fread( data.data(), 1, sz, f );
+        auto data = new char[sz];
+        fread( data, 1, sz, f );
         fclose( f );
         m_textEditor->SetText( data );
+        delete[] data;
     }
 
     m_textEditor->SetCursorPosition( TextEditor::Coordinates( line-1, 0 ) );