diff --git a/inferno/src/inferno/settings.cpp b/inferno/src/inferno/settings.cpp
index a483db8..4f6bd34 100644
--- a/inferno/src/inferno/settings.cpp
+++ b/inferno/src/inferno/settings.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include <string>  // std::string
+#include <string> // std::string
 
 #include "inferno/file.h"
 #include "inferno/log.h"
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 
 namespace Inferno {
 
-	bool Settings::m_initialized = false;
-
 	const char* Settings::m_path = "assets/settings.json";
 	SettingsProperties Settings::m_properties = {};
 
@@ -15,24 +13,18 @@ namespace Inferno {
 	{
 		Settings::update();
 
-		m_initialized = true;
-
 		dbg(Log::Info) << "Settings initialized";
 	}
 
 	void Settings::update()
 	{
-		if (m_initialized) {
-			Settings::destroy();
-		}
-
 		nlohmann::json json = Settings::load();
 
 		try {
-			m_properties.window.title       = strdup(json["window"]["title"].get<std::string>().c_str());
+			m_properties.window.title       = json["window"]["title"].get<std::string>();
 			m_properties.window.width       = json["window"]["width"].get<int>();
 			m_properties.window.height      = json["window"]["height"].get<int>();
-			m_properties.window.fullscreen  = strdup(json["window"]["fullscreen"].get<std::string>().c_str()) ;
+			m_properties.window.fullscreen  = json["window"]["fullscreen"].get<std::string>();
 			m_properties.window.vsync       = json["window"]["vsync"].get<bool>();
 		}
 		catch (...) {
@@ -42,9 +34,6 @@ namespace Inferno {
 
 	void Settings::destroy()
 	{
-		// Delete const char*s created by strdup()
-		delete m_properties.window.title;
-		delete m_properties.window.fullscreen;
 	}
 
 	nlohmann::json Settings::load()
diff --git a/inferno/src/inferno/settings.h b/inferno/src/inferno/settings.h
index a628138..251a99c 100644
--- a/inferno/src/inferno/settings.h
+++ b/inferno/src/inferno/settings.h
@@ -20,13 +20,9 @@ namespace Inferno {
 		static nlohmann::json load();
 		static bool save();
 
-// -----------------------------------------
-
-		static inline SettingsProperties &get() { return m_properties; }
+		static inline SettingsProperties& get() { return m_properties; }
 
 	private:
-		static bool m_initialized;
-
 		static const char* m_path;
 		static SettingsProperties m_properties;
 	};
diff --git a/inferno/src/inferno/window.cpp b/inferno/src/inferno/window.cpp
index ef6cbbc..b0a2b65 100644
--- a/inferno/src/inferno/window.cpp
+++ b/inferno/src/inferno/window.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Inferno {
 
 	void Window::initialize()
 	{
-		const char* title      = m_properties.title;
+		std::string title      = m_properties.title;
 		unsigned int width     = m_properties.width;
 		unsigned int height    = m_properties.height;
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Inferno {
 		// glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GL_FALSE);
 
 		// Create GLFW window
-		m_window = glfwCreateWindow(width, height, title, nullptr, nullptr);
+		m_window = glfwCreateWindow(width, height, title.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr);
 		s_windowCount++;
 		ASSERT(m_window, "Failed to create GLFW window!");
 
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ namespace Inferno {
 		unsigned int height    = m_properties.height;
 		int refresh            = GLFW_DONT_CARE;
 
-		const char* fullscreen = m_properties.fullscreen;
+		std::string fullscreen = m_properties.fullscreen;
 		const GLFWvidmode* mode = glfwGetVideoMode(monitor);
 
-		if (strcmp(fullscreen, "fullscreen") == 0) {
+		if (fullscreen.compare("fullscreen") == 0) {
 			refresh = mode->refreshRate;
 		}
-		else if (strcmp(fullscreen, "borderless") == 0) {
+		else if (fullscreen.compare("borderless") == 0) {
 			width = mode->width;
 			height = mode->height;
 			refresh = mode->refreshRate;
diff --git a/inferno/src/inferno/window.h b/inferno/src/inferno/window.h
index fad114a..e8e064e 100644
--- a/inferno/src/inferno/window.h
+++ b/inferno/src/inferno/window.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <functional> // std::function
 #include <memory>     // std::shared_ptr
+#include <string>     // std::string
 
 struct GLFWwindow;
 
@@ -12,10 +13,10 @@ namespace Inferno {
 	class Event;
 
 	struct WindowProperties {
-		const char* title = "Inferno";
+		std::string title = "Inferno";
 		int width = 1280;
 		int height = 720;
-		const char* fullscreen = "windowed"; // windowed/fullscreen/borderless
+		std::string fullscreen = "windowed"; // windowed/fullscreen/borderless
 		bool vsync = true;
 	};