diff --git a/translator/.idea/modules/translator_test.iml b/translator/.idea/modules/translator_test.iml
index 55d07f067ff..a13aea70b5f 100644
--- a/translator/.idea/modules/translator_test.iml
+++ b/translator/.idea/modules/translator_test.iml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="translator_main" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.0.1" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-compiler:1.0.3" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Gradle: com.github.jshmrsn:karg:a636b3e" level="project" />
diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
index 759c6e97582..1cebd8749cd 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ abstract class BlockCodegen(val state: TranslationState, val variableManager: Va
         val receiveValue = state.bindingContext.get(BindingContext.COMPILE_TIME_VALUE, expr)
         val type = (receiveValue as TypedCompileTimeConstant).type
         val value = receiveValue.getValue(type) ?: return null
-        val variable = variableManager.receiveVariable(".str", LLVMStringType(value.toString().length), LLVMVariableScope(), pointer = 0)
+        val variable = variableManager.receiveVariable(".str", LLVMStringType(value.toString().length, isLoaded = false), LLVMVariableScope(), pointer = 0)
 
         codeBuilder.addStringConstant(variable, value.toString())
         return variable
@@ -512,6 +512,17 @@ abstract class BlockCodegen(val state: TranslationState, val variableManager: Va
             codeBuilder.loadVariable(result, value as LLVMVariable)
         }
 
+        when (value.type) {
+            is LLVMStringType -> if (!(value.type as LLVMStringType).isLoaded) {
+                val newVariable = codeBuilder.getNewVariable(value.type!!, pointer = result.pointer + 1)
+                codeBuilder.allocStackPointedVarAsValue(newVariable)
+                codeBuilder.copyVariable(result as LLVMVariable, newVariable)
+
+                result = codeBuilder.getNewVariable(argument.type, pointer = newVariable.pointer - 1)
+                codeBuilder.loadVariable(result, newVariable as LLVMVariable)
+            }
+        }
+
         return result
     }
 
diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/LLVMBuilder.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/LLVMBuilder.kt
index 6d22b336718..9968664c578 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/LLVMBuilder.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/LLVMBuilder.kt
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class LLVMBuilder(val arm: Boolean = false) {
         val stringType = source.type as LLVMStringType
         val code = "store ${target.type} getelementptr inbounds (" +
                 "${stringType.fullType()}* $source, i32 0, i32 $offset), ${target.getType()} $target, align ${stringType.align}"
+        (target.type as LLVMStringType).isLoaded = true
         localCode.appendln(code)
     }
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ class LLVMBuilder(val arm: Boolean = false) {
     }
 
     fun copyVariable(from: LLVMVariable, to: LLVMVariable) = when (from.type) {
-        is LLVMStringType -> storeString(to, from, 0)
+        is LLVMStringType -> if ((from.type as LLVMStringType).isLoaded) copyVariableValue(to, from) else storeString(to, from, 0)
         else -> copyVariableValue(to, from)
     }
 
diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMStringType.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMStringType.kt
index d422722e8a5..14c91e9aeec 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMStringType.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/llvm/types/LLVMStringType.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.kotlinnative.translator.llvm.types
 
-class LLVMStringType(override val length: Int) : LLVMArray, LLVMType() {
+class LLVMStringType(override val length: Int, var isLoaded: Boolean = true) : LLVMArray, LLVMType() {
 
     override var size: Int = 1
     override val align = 8
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ class LLVMStringType(override val length: Int) : LLVMArray, LLVMType() {
                 else -> false
             }
 
+
     override fun basicType() = LLVMCharType()
     override val typename = "i8*"
     override fun fullType() = "[${length + 1} x i8]"
     override fun hashCode(): Int {
-        return length * 31 +
+        return length * 31 + if (isLoaded) 1 else 0 +
                 mangle().hashCode()
     }
 }