diff --git a/include/eepp/core/string.hpp b/include/eepp/core/string.hpp
index a492aa88f..40c313807 100644
--- a/include/eepp/core/string.hpp
+++ b/include/eepp/core/string.hpp
@@ -415,6 +415,13 @@ class EE_API String {
 	/** @return The next character in a utf8 null terminated string */
 	static Uint32 utf8Next( char*& utf8String );
 
+	/** Converts an UTF-8 string view into an UTF-32 by using a currently allocated buffer (usefull
+	 * for stack allocated buffers)
+	 * @return The number of elements written into the buffer (the string length)
+	 **/
+	static size_t toUtf32( std::string_view utf8str, String::StringBaseType* buffer,
+						   size_t bufferSize );
+
 	/** glob matches a string against a glob
 	** @return True if matches
 	*/
diff --git a/src/eepp/core/string.cpp b/src/eepp/core/string.cpp
index c43393c56..8ed3bc1a1 100644
--- a/src/eepp/core/string.cpp
+++ b/src/eepp/core/string.cpp
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ String String::fromUtf8( const std::string_view& utf8String ) {
 	return String( utf32 );
 }
 
-#define iscont( p ) ( ( *( p ) & 0xC0 ) == 0x80 )
+#define iscont( p ) ( ( *(p)&0xC0 ) == 0x80 )
 
 static inline const char* utf8_next( const char* s, const char* e ) {
 	while ( s < e && iscont( s + 1 ) )
@@ -1964,4 +1964,14 @@ bool String::isWholeWord( const String& haystack, const String& needle, const In
 			 !( isAlphaNum( haystack[startPos + needle.size()] ) ) );
 }
 
+size_t String::toUtf32( std::string_view utf8str, String::StringBaseType* buffer,
+					  size_t bufferSize ) {
+	auto start = utf8str.data();
+	auto end = start + utf8str.size();
+	size_t pos = 0;
+	while ( start < end && pos < bufferSize )
+		buffer[pos++] = utf8::unchecked::next( start );
+	return pos;
+}
+
 } // namespace EE
diff --git a/src/tools/ecode/plugins/lsp/lspclientplugin.cpp b/src/tools/ecode/plugins/lsp/lspclientplugin.cpp
index 6877f6adc..0c8eeeff4 100644
--- a/src/tools/ecode/plugins/lsp/lspclientplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/ecode/plugins/lsp/lspclientplugin.cpp
@@ -1908,8 +1908,8 @@ void LSPClientPlugin::drawTop( UICodeEditor* editor, const Vector2f& screenStart
 
 	// Avoid heap allocating
 	static constexpr auto MAX_PATH_SIZE = 512;
-	String::StringBaseType filePath[MAX_PATH_SIZE];
-	std::memset( filePath, 0, MAX_PATH_SIZE * sizeof( String::StringBaseType ) );
+	String::StringBaseType utf32Path[MAX_PATH_SIZE];
+	std::memset( utf32Path, 0, MAX_PATH_SIZE * sizeof( String::StringBaseType ) );
 
 	const auto& workspace = getManager()->getWorkspaceFolder();
 	std::string_view path( editor->getDocument().getFilePath() );
@@ -1918,10 +1918,7 @@ void LSPClientPlugin::drawTop( UICodeEditor* editor, const Vector2f& screenStart
 	if ( path.size() > MAX_PATH_SIZE )
 		path = path.substr( path.size() - MAX_PATH_SIZE );
 
-	size_t pp = 0;
-	const char* c = path.data();
-	while ( *c != '\0' && pp < MAX_PATH_SIZE )
-		filePath[pp++] = utf8::unchecked::next( c );
+	size_t pathLen = String::toUtf32( path, &utf32Path[0], MAX_PATH_SIZE );
 
 	Color textColor( editor->getColorScheme().getEditorColor(
 		mHoveringBreadcrumb == editor ? SyntaxStyleTypes::Text : SyntaxStyleTypes::LineNumber2 ) );
@@ -1930,7 +1927,7 @@ void LSPClientPlugin::drawTop( UICodeEditor* editor, const Vector2f& screenStart
 	Vector2f pos( screenStart.x + eefloor( PixelDensity::dpToPx( 8 ) ),
 				  screenStart.y + textOffsetY );
 
-	auto drawn = Text::draw( String::View( filePath ), pos, font, fontSize, textColor );
+	auto drawn = Text::draw( String::View( utf32Path, pathLen ), pos, font, fontSize, textColor );
 
 	Lock l( mDocCurrentSymbolsMutex );
 	auto symbolsInfoIt = mDocCurrentSymbols.find( editor->getDocument().getURI() );