diff --git a/kernel/src/holeybytes/kernel_services/logging_service.rs b/kernel/src/holeybytes/kernel_services/logging_service.rs
index 48a38b94..b1fbf4ae 100644
--- a/kernel/src/holeybytes/kernel_services/logging_service.rs
+++ b/kernel/src/holeybytes/kernel_services/logging_service.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@ use log::Record;
 pub fn log_msg_handler(_vm: &mut Vm, mem_addr: u64, length: usize) -> Result<(), LogError> {
     let msg_vec = block_read(mem_addr, length);
 
-    let log_level = msg_vec.last().unwrap();
+    let log_level = msg_vec[0];
+    let strptr = u64::from_le_bytes(msg_vec[1..9].try_into().unwrap());
+    let strlen = u64::from_le_bytes(msg_vec[9..17].try_into().unwrap()) as usize;
+
+    let str = block_read(strptr, strlen);
 
     let file_name = "None";
     let line_number = 0;
 
-    match core::str::from_utf8(&msg_vec[..msg_vec.len() - 1]) {
+    match core::str::from_utf8(&str) {
         Ok(strr) => {
             use log::Level::*;
             let log_level = match log_level {
diff --git a/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/log.hb b/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/log.hb
index 72c68ebd..95d91c1e 100644
--- a/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/log.hb
+++ b/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/log.hb
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 string := @use("string.hb")
 
-log := fn($Level: u8, message: ^u8): void {
-	message_length := @inline(string.length, message);
-	*(message + message_length) = Level
+LogMsg := packed struct {level: u8, string: ^u8, strlen: uint}
 
-	return @eca(3, 1, message, message_length + 1)
+log := fn($Level: u8, message: ^u8): void {
+	return @eca(3, 1, LogMsg.(Level, message, @inline(string.length, message)), @sizeof(LogMsg))
 }
 
 error := fn(message: ^u8): void return @inline(log, 0, message)
diff --git a/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/string.hb b/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/string.hb
index 042de025..8e800011 100644
--- a/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/string.hb
+++ b/sysdata/libraries/stn/src/string.hb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-length := fn(ptr: ^u8): int {
-	len := 0
+length := fn(ptr: ^u8): uint {
+	len := @as(uint, 0)
 	loop if *(ptr + len) == 0 break else len += 1
 	return len
 }