diff --git a/src/bun.js/api/bun/socket.zig b/src/bun.js/api/bun/socket.zig
index c7b72a46c22562..130318d7c190ef 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/api/bun/socket.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/api/bun/socket.zig
@@ -823,12 +823,13 @@ pub const Listener = struct {
             global.throwInvalidArguments("hostname pattern expects a string", .{});
             return .zero;
         }
-        const host_str = hostname.toSliceZ(
+        const host_str = hostname.toSlice(
             global,
             bun.default_allocator,
         );
         defer host_str.deinit();
-        const server_name = host_str.sliceZ();
+        const server_name = bun.default_allocator.dupeZ(u8, host_str.slice()) catch bun.outOfMemory();
+        defer bun.default_allocator.free(server_name);
         if (server_name.len == 0) {
             global.throwInvalidArguments("hostname pattern cannot be empty", .{});
             return .zero;
diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig b/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig
index 5edce707d64e71..a00235d193da26 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ pub const ZigString = extern struct {
     pub fn toSliceZ(this: ZigString, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) Slice {
         if (this.len == 0)
             return Slice.empty;
-        // if is 16 bit or dont has a null terminator
-        if (is16Bit(&this) or this._unsafe_ptr_do_not_use[this.len] != 0) {
+
+        if (is16Bit(&this)) {
             const buffer = this.toOwnedSliceZ(allocator) catch unreachable;
             return Slice{
                 .ptr = buffer.ptr,