diff --git a/lib/DB.zig b/lib/DB.zig
index 78c9462..fa348d5 100644
--- a/lib/DB.zig
+++ b/lib/DB.zig
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ fn getGroup(
     buf.*[buf_offset + name.len] = 0;
 
     return CGroup{
-        .name = buf.*[buf_offset .. buf_offset + name.len :0],
+        .name = buf.*[buf_offset .. buf_offset + name.len].ptr,
         .gid = group.gid(),
         .members = member_ptrs,
     };
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ test "high-level API" {
     const all = try db.getgrnam("all", &buf);
     try testing.expect(all != null);
     try testing.expectEqual(all.?.gid, 9999);
-    try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(all.?.name, 0), "all");
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(all.?.name[0..3], "all");
     const members = all.?.members;
     try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(members[0].?, 0), "Name" ** 8);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(members[1].?, 0), "root");
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ test "high-level API" {
     const all_gid = try db.getgrgid(9999, &buf);
     try testing.expect(all_gid != null);
     try testing.expectEqual(all_gid.?.gid, 9999);
-    try testing.expectEqualStrings(mem.sliceTo(all_gid.?.name, 0), "all");
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings(all_gid.?.name[0..3], "all");
 }
 
 test "getgr_bufsize" {
diff --git a/lib/cgroup.zig b/lib/cgroup.zig
index be29dd9..569b123 100644
--- a/lib/cgroup.zig
+++ b/lib/cgroup.zig
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ const meta = @import("std").meta;
 pub const CGroup = struct {
     gid: u32,
     // should be [*:0]const u8
-    name: []const u8,
+    name: [*]const u8,
     // Should be [*:null]align(1) const ?[*:0]const u8
     members: []align(1) const ?[*:0]const u8,
 
     pub fn ptr(self: *const CGroup) CGroupPtr {
         return CGroupPtr{
             .gid = self.gid,
-            .name = self.name.ptr,
+            .name = self.name,
             .members = @intToPtr([*]const u8, @ptrToInt(self.members.ptr)),
         };
     }