diff --git a/io/binaryreader.cpp b/io/binaryreader.cpp
index 66b7993..359cc84 100644
--- a/io/binaryreader.cpp
+++ b/io/binaryreader.cpp
@@ -125,15 +125,10 @@ string BinaryReader::readLengthPrefixedString()
  */
 string BinaryReader::readString(size_t length)
 {
-    //string res;
-    //res.reserve(length);
-    //for(; length; --length) {
-    //    res.push_back(static_cast<string::value_type>(m_stream->get()));
-    //}
-    //return res;
-    unique_ptr<char []> buff = make_unique<char []>(length);
-    m_stream->read(buff.get(), length);
-    return string(buff.get(), length);
+    string res;
+    res.resize(length);
+    m_stream->read(&res[0], length);
+    return res;
 }
 
 /*!