diff --git a/ctru-rs/examples/file-explorer.rs b/ctru-rs/examples/file-explorer.rs
index 78b4968..2e4e254 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/examples/file-explorer.rs
+++ b/ctru-rs/examples/file-explorer.rs
@@ -162,17 +162,16 @@ impl<'a> FileExplorer<'a> {
 
     fn get_input_and_run(&mut self, action: impl FnOnce(&mut Self, String)) {
         let mut keyboard = Swkbd::default();
-        let mut new_path_str = String::new();
 
-        match keyboard.write_to_string(&mut new_path_str) {
-            Ok(Button::Right) => {
+        match keyboard.write_to_string() {
+            Ok((path, Button::Right)) => {
                 // Clicked "OK"
-                action(self, new_path_str);
+                action(self, path);
             }
-            Ok(Button::Left) => {
+            Ok((_, Button::Left)) => {
                 // Clicked "Cancel"
             }
-            Ok(Button::Middle) => {
+            Ok((_, Button::Middle)) => {
                 // This button wasn't shown
                 unreachable!()
             }
diff --git a/ctru-rs/examples/software-keyboard.rs b/ctru-rs/examples/software-keyboard.rs
index 2f43b6f..51bb29e 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/examples/software-keyboard.rs
+++ b/ctru-rs/examples/software-keyboard.rs
@@ -24,15 +24,12 @@ fn main() {
             // configurations.
             let mut keyboard = Swkbd::default();
 
-            // String used to store text received from the keyboard
-            let mut text = String::new();
-
             // Raise the software keyboard. You can perform different actions depending on which
             // software button the user pressed
-            match keyboard.write_to_string(&mut text) {
-                Ok(Button::Right) => println!("You entered: {text}"),
-                Ok(Button::Left) => println!("Cancelled"),
-                Ok(Button::Middle) => println!("How did you even press this?"),
+            match keyboard.write_to_string() {
+                Ok((text, Button::Right)) => println!("You entered: {text}"),
+                Ok((_, Button::Left)) => println!("Cancelled"),
+                Ok((_, Button::Middle)) => println!("How did you even press this?"),
                 Err(_) => println!("Oh noes, an error happened!"),
             }
         }
diff --git a/ctru-rs/src/applets/swkbd.rs b/ctru-rs/src/applets/swkbd.rs
index 2e58331..5153c25 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/src/applets/swkbd.rs
+++ b/ctru-rs/src/applets/swkbd.rs
@@ -101,24 +101,24 @@ impl Swkbd {
     ///
     /// The text received from the keyboard will be truncated if it is greater than 2048 bytes
     /// in length.
-    pub fn write_to_string(&mut self, buf: &mut String) -> Result<Button, Error> {
+    pub fn write_to_string(&mut self) -> Result<(String, Button), Error> {
         // Unfortunately the libctru API doesn't really provide a way to get the exact length
         // of the string that it receieves from the software keyboard. Instead it expects you
         // to pass in a buffer and hope that it's big enough to fit the entire string, so
         // you have to set some upper limit on the potential size of the user's input.
         const MAX_BYTES: usize = 2048;
-        let mut tmp = [0u8; MAX_BYTES];
+        let mut tmp = vec![0u8; MAX_BYTES];
         let button = self.write_bytes(&mut tmp)?;
 
         // libctru does, however, seem to ensure that the buffer will always contain a properly
         // terminated UTF-8 sequence even if the input has to be truncated, so these operations
         // should be safe.
         let len = unsafe { libc::strlen(tmp.as_ptr()) };
-        let utf8 = unsafe { str::from_utf8_unchecked(&tmp[..len]) };
+        tmp.truncate(len);
 
-        // Copy the input into the user's `String`
-        *buf += utf8;
-        Ok(button)
+        let res = unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(tmp) };
+
+        Ok((res, button))
     }
 
     /// Fills the provided buffer with a UTF-8 encoded, NUL-terminated sequence of bytes from