diff --git a/src/DedicatedServer.cpp b/src/DedicatedServer.cpp
index 5821293..725d7d6 100644
--- a/src/DedicatedServer.cpp
+++ b/src/DedicatedServer.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Feather
     {
         Log::Info("Client Intention Packet: version={}, serverIp={}, port={}, intention={}\n",
             handshake.protocolVersion,
-            handshake.serverIP.c_str(),
+            handshake.serverIP.data(),
             handshake.port,
             handshake.intention
         );
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ namespace Feather
         //    .uuid = { 4658857991808325907ull, 7518717155607718277ull },
         //    .username = start.username
         //};
-        client.SetUsername(start.username);
+        // TODO: This is copying...
+        client.SetUsername(std::string(start.username));
 
         std::string uuid = "ecb99913-96a8-40a7-8529-a2ca6ad95768";
         Login::ClientboundSuccess success =
diff --git a/src/NetworkMessage.h b/src/NetworkMessage.h
index 31202a7..127988c 100644
--- a/src/NetworkMessage.h
+++ b/src/NetworkMessage.h
@@ -74,11 +74,18 @@ namespace Feather
             WriteData(string, stringSize);
         }
 
+        // Write string using std::string reference
         inline void WriteString(const std::string& string)
         {
             WriteString(string.c_str(), string.length());
         }
 
+        // Write string using string_view
+        inline void WriteString(std::string_view view)
+        {
+            WriteString(view.data(), view.size());
+        }
+
         inline void WritePosition(BlockPos pos)
         {
             Write<int64_t>(pos.Encode());
diff --git a/src/PacketReader.h b/src/PacketReader.h
index b02913f..93b6b24 100644
--- a/src/PacketReader.h
+++ b/src/PacketReader.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ namespace Feather
             return static_cast<T>(result);
         }
 
+        // can be assigned to string&, string_view
         string ReadString()
         {
             int size = ReadVarInt();
diff --git a/src/protocol/generate_protocol.py b/src/protocol/generate_protocol.py
index 20f534d..764841f 100644
--- a/src/protocol/generate_protocol.py
+++ b/src/protocol/generate_protocol.py
@@ -299,10 +299,7 @@ def print_definition(types, name, value, serverbound):
         add_text('}} {};', resolved_name)
     else:
         resolved_type = resolve_type(types, value)
-        if not serverbound and resolved_type == 'std::string':
-            add_text('const {}& {};', resolved_type, resolved_name)
-        else:
-            add_text('{} {};', resolved_type, resolved_name)
+        add_text('{} {};', resolved_type, resolved_name)
 
 
 def get_enum_type(dict, fallback = 'int32'):
diff --git a/src/protocol/protocol.hjson b/src/protocol/protocol.hjson
index 8ade0a9..caeb62e 100644
--- a/src/protocol/protocol.hjson
+++ b/src/protocol/protocol.hjson
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         }
 
         string: {
-            type: std::string
+            type: std::string_view
             method: String
             // requires count: e.g. string[256] 
             // generated C type will not be an array