diff --git a/src/Components/Modules/Maps.cpp b/src/Components/Modules/Maps.cpp
index 8e8b3096..e6cbf5c4 100644
--- a/src/Components/Modules/Maps.cpp
+++ b/src/Components/Modules/Maps.cpp
@@ -252,11 +252,10 @@ namespace Components
 				Utils::IO::WriteFile(Utils::String::VA("raw/%s.ents", name.data()), asset.mapEnts->entityString, true);
 			}
 
-			static std::string mapEntities;
 			FileSystem::File ents(name + ".ents");
 			if (ents.exists())
 			{
-				mapEntities = ents.getBuffer();
+				static const auto mapEntities = ents.getBuffer();
 				asset.mapEnts->entityString = mapEntities.data();
 				asset.mapEnts->numEntityChars = mapEntities.size() + 1;
 			}