diff --git a/src/text_editor/buffer_helpers.cpp b/src/text_editor/buffer_helpers.cpp
index a07b164..3ddc96a 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/buffer_helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/buffer_helpers.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ String16 GetString(Buffer *buffer, Range range = {0, INT64_MAX}) {
     return result;
 }
 
+String AllocCharString(Allocator allocator, Buffer *buffer, Range range = {0, INT64_MAX}) {
+    String16 string16 = GetString(buffer, range);
+    String   result   = ToString(allocator, string16);
+    return result;
+}
+
 Int Clamp(const Buffer *buffer, Int pos) {
     Int result = Clamp(pos, (Int)0, buffer->len);
     return result;
diff --git a/src/text_editor/commands_window.cpp b/src/text_editor/commands_window.cpp
index 869af96..798ec9f 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/commands_window.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/commands_window.cpp
@@ -384,16 +384,14 @@ void SaveBuffer(View *view) {
 
     // {
     //     Scratch  scratch;
-    //     String16 string16    = GetString(buffer);
-    //     String   string      = ToString(scratch, string16);
+    //     String string    = AllocCharString(scratch, buffer);
     //     Buffer  *temp_buffer = ExecAndWait(scratch, "clang-format", GetDir(buffer), string);
     //     Command_ReplaceWithoutMovingCarets(view, GetRange(buffer), {temp_buffer->str, temp_buffer->len});
     // }
 
-    Scratch  scratch;
-    String16 string16 = GetString(buffer);
-    String   string   = ToString(scratch, string16);
-    bool     success  = WriteFile(buffer->name, string);
+    Scratch scratch;
+    String  string  = AllocCharString(scratch, buffer);
+    bool    success = WriteFile(buffer->name, string);
 
     if (success) {
         buffer->dirty = false;
diff --git a/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp b/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp
index 136c74b..929e46b 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/lua_api.cpp
@@ -300,9 +300,8 @@ void UpdateLua() {
 
     Buffer *lua_buffer = GetBuffer(LuaBufferID);
     if (lua_buffer->dirty == false && lua_buffer->change_id != LuaBufferChangeID) {
-        Scratch  scratch;
-        String16 string16 = GetString(lua_buffer);
-        String   string   = ToString(scratch, string16);
+        Scratch scratch;
+        String  string = AllocCharString(scratch, lua_buffer);
         if (luaL_dostring(LuaState, string.data) == LUA_OK) {
             if (lua_isstring(LuaState, -1)) {
                 const char *text = lua_tostring(LuaState, -1);