diff --git a/Sources/XCLogParser/loglocation/LogLoader.swift b/Sources/XCLogParser/loglocation/LogLoader.swift
index 4a39b88..c7bfcd3 100644
--- a/Sources/XCLogParser/loglocation/LogLoader.swift
+++ b/Sources/XCLogParser/loglocation/LogLoader.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,18 @@ public struct LogLoader {
         do {
             let data = try Data(contentsOf: url)
             let unzipped = try data.gunzipped()
-            guard let contents =  String(data: unzipped, encoding: .ascii) else {
+            let string: String? = unzipped.withUnsafeBytes { pointer in
+                guard let charPointer = pointer
+                    .assumingMemoryBound(to: CChar.self)
+                    .baseAddress
+                else {
+                    return nil
+                }
+
+                return String(cString: charPointer, encoding: .ascii)
+            }
+
+            guard let contents = string else {
                 throw LogError.readingFile(url.path)
             }
             return contents