diff --git a/dlib/alloc.d b/dlib/alloc.d
index 38af745..47efc90 100644
--- a/dlib/alloc.d
+++ b/dlib/alloc.d
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ string
 AllocTerminated(T)(T target) if(StringType!T)
 {
 	u8[] str                = Alloc!(u8)(target.length+1);
-	str[0 .. target.length] = str[];
+	str[0 .. target.length] = cast(u8[])target[];
 	str[str.length-1]       = '\0';
 	return cast(string)str[0 .. str.length-1];
 }