diff --git a/WireGuard/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift b/WireGuard/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
index f8d87d7..fc93630 100644
--- a/WireGuard/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
+++ b/WireGuard/WireGuardNetworkExtension/PacketTunnelProvider.swift
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class PacketTunnelProvider: NEPacketTunnelProvider {
                 }
                 ifnamePtr.deallocate()
                 wg_log(.info, message: "Tunnel interface is \(self.ifname ?? "unknown")")
-                let handle = self.packetTunnelSettingsGenerator!.uapiConfiguration().withGoString { return wgTurnOn($0, fileDescriptor) }
+                let handle = self.packetTunnelSettingsGenerator!.uapiConfiguration()
+                    .withCString { return wgTurnOn($0, fileDescriptor) }
                 if handle < 0 {
                     wg_log(.error, message: "Starting tunnel failed with wgTurnOn returning \(handle)")
                     errorNotifier.notify(PacketTunnelProviderError.couldNotStartBackend)
@@ -146,18 +147,10 @@ class PacketTunnelProvider: NEPacketTunnelProvider {
 
         #if os(iOS)
         if let packetTunnelSettingsGenerator = packetTunnelSettingsGenerator {
-            _ = packetTunnelSettingsGenerator.endpointUapiConfiguration().withGoString { return wgSetConfig(handle, $0) }
+            _ = packetTunnelSettingsGenerator.endpointUapiConfiguration()
+                .withCString { return wgSetConfig(handle, $0) }
         }
         #endif
         wgBumpSockets(handle)
     }
 }
-
-extension String {
-    func withGoString<R>(_ call: (gostring_t) -> R) -> R {
-        func helper(_ pointer: UnsafePointer<Int8>?, _ call: (gostring_t) -> R) -> R {
-            return call(gostring_t(p: pointer, n: utf8.count))
-        }
-        return helper(self, call)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/wireguard-go-bridge/api-ios.go b/wireguard-go-bridge/api-ios.go
index 55e1b0d..93dd323 100644
--- a/wireguard-go-bridge/api-ios.go
+++ b/wireguard-go-bridge/api-ios.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func wgSetLogger(loggerFn uintptr) {
 }
 
 //export wgTurnOn
-func wgTurnOn(settings string, tunFd int32) int32 {
+func wgTurnOn(settings *C.char, tunFd int32) int32 {
 	logger := &device.Logger{
 		Debug: log.New(&CLogger{level: 0}, "", 0),
 		Info:  log.New(&CLogger{level: 1}, "", 0),
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func wgTurnOn(settings string, tunFd int32) int32 {
 	logger.Info.Println("Attaching to interface")
 	device := device.NewDevice(tun, logger)
 
-	setError := device.IpcSetOperation(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(settings)))
+	setError := device.IpcSetOperation(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(C.GoString(settings))))
 	if setError != nil {
 		logger.Error.Println(setError)
 		return -1
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ func wgTurnOff(tunnelHandle int32) {
 }
 
 //export wgSetConfig
-func wgSetConfig(tunnelHandle int32, settings string) int64 {
+func wgSetConfig(tunnelHandle int32, settings *C.char) int64 {
 	device, ok := tunnelHandles[tunnelHandle]
 	if !ok {
 		return 0
 	}
-	err := device.IpcSetOperation(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(settings)))
+	err := device.IpcSetOperation(bufio.NewReader(strings.NewReader(C.GoString(settings))))
 	if err != nil {
 		device.Error.Println(err)
 		return err.ErrorCode()
diff --git a/wireguard-go-bridge/wireguard.h b/wireguard-go-bridge/wireguard.h
index e8e451b..5c30ee9 100644
--- a/wireguard-go-bridge/wireguard.h
+++ b/wireguard-go-bridge/wireguard.h
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-typedef struct { const char *p; size_t n; } gostring_t;
 typedef void(*logger_fn_t)(int level, const char *msg);
 extern void wgEnableRoaming(bool enabled);
 extern void wgSetLogger(logger_fn_t logger_fn);
-extern int wgTurnOn(gostring_t settings, int32_t tun_fd);
+extern int wgTurnOn(const char *settings, int32_t tun_fd);
 extern void wgTurnOff(int handle);
-extern int64_t wgSetConfig(int handle, gostring_t settings);
+extern int64_t wgSetConfig(int handle, const char *settings);
 extern char *wgGetConfig(int handle);
 extern void wgBumpSockets(int handle);
 extern const char *wgVersion();