diff --git a/src/c/parser/expr.rs b/src/c/parser/expr.rs
index 56c4918..0ef79c6 100644
--- a/src/c/parser/expr.rs
+++ b/src/c/parser/expr.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         if let CTokenKind::StringLiteral(encoding, string) = &self.input.peek().kind {
             let string = string.clone();
             let encoding = encoding.clone();
+
             self.input.advance();
             return Ok(ExprKind::StringLiteral(encoding, string).at(source));
         }
diff --git a/src/c/translation/expr/string.rs b/src/c/translation/expr/string.rs
index 86b2834..aa61c03 100644
--- a/src/c/translation/expr/string.rs
+++ b/src/c/translation/expr/string.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     c::{encoding::Encoding, parser::ParseError},
     source_files::Source,
 };
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
 pub fn translate_expr_string(
     encoding: &Encoding,
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@ pub fn translate_expr_string(
     source: Source,
 ) -> Result<ast::Expr, ParseError> {
     if let Encoding::Default = encoding {
-        return Ok(ast::ExprKind::String(content.into()).at(source));
+        // TODO: Add proper error message?
+        let content = CString::new(content).expect("valid null-terminated string");
+        return Ok(ast::ExprKind::NullTerminatedString(content).at(source));
     }
 
     todo!("translate non-default encoding C string")