diff --git a/src/ox/std/strops.hpp b/src/ox/std/strops.hpp
index 80d3c97e2..cf01354c9 100644
--- a/src/ox/std/strops.hpp
+++ b/src/ox/std/strops.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "writer.hpp"
 
 template<typename T1, typename T2>
-constexpr char *ox_strcpy(T1 dest, T2 src) noexcept {
+constexpr T1 ox_strcpy(T1 dest, T2 src) noexcept {
 	using T1Type = typename ox::remove_reference<decltype(dest[0])>::type;
 	std::size_t i = 0;
 	while (src[i]) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ constexpr char *ox_strcpy(T1 dest, T2 src) noexcept {
 }
 
 template<typename T1, typename T2>
-constexpr char *ox_strncpy(T1 dest, T2 src, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
+constexpr T1 ox_strncpy(T1 dest, T2 src, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
 	using T1Type = typename ox::remove_reference<decltype(dest[0])>::type;
 	std::size_t i = 0;
 	while (i < maxLen && src[i]) {