diff --git a/vulkan-rs/src/instance.rs b/vulkan-rs/src/instance.rs
index 188cb38..1f5d3be 100644
--- a/vulkan-rs/src/instance.rs
+++ b/vulkan-rs/src/instance.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use std::os::raw::c_void;
 
 use std::ffi::CStr;
-use std::ffi::CString;
 
 Extensions!(InstanceExtensions, {
     (xlib_surface, "VK_KHR_xlib_surface"),
@@ -433,9 +432,8 @@ impl Instance {
             }
         };
 
-        let tmp1 = unsafe { CString::from_raw(msg as *mut c_char) };
-        let tmp2 = match tmp1.into_string() {
-            Ok(string) => string,
+        let s = match VkString::try_from(msg) {
+            Ok(s) => s,
             Err(err) => {
                 println!("{}", err);
 
@@ -444,7 +442,7 @@ impl Instance {
         };
 
         output += " ):\n\t";
-        output += tmp2.as_ref();
+        output += s.as_str();
 
         println!("{}", output);