diff --git a/codegen-luajit/runtime/runtime.lua b/codegen-luajit/runtime/runtime.lua
index 68b485b..589dedc 100644
--- a/codegen-luajit/runtime/runtime.lua
+++ b/codegen-luajit/runtime/runtime.lua
@@ -593,6 +593,12 @@ do
 		by_offset(memory.data, addr).f64 = value
 	end
 
+	function store.string(memory, addr, data, len)
+		local start = by_offset(memory.data, addr)
+
+		ffi.copy(start, data, len or #data)
+	end
+
 	local WASM_PAGE_SIZE = 65536
 
 	local function finalizer(memory)
@@ -617,10 +623,6 @@ do
 		return ffi.gc(memory, finalizer)
 	end
 
-	function allocator.init(memory, addr, data)
-		ffi.copy(by_offset(memory.data, addr), data, #data)
-	end
-
 	function allocator.grow(memory, num)
 		if num == 0 then
 			return memory.min
diff --git a/codegen-luajit/src/translator.rs b/codegen-luajit/src/translator.rs
index a7d4d17..be27cea 100644
--- a/codegen-luajit/src/translator.rs
+++ b/codegen-luajit/src/translator.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ fn write_data_list(wasm: &Module, type_info: &TypeInfo, w: &mut dyn Write) -> Re
 
 		write!(w, "\"")?;
 
-		write!(w, "rt.allocator.init(target, offset, data)")?;
+		write!(w, "rt.store.string(target, offset, data)")?;
 
 		write!(w, "end ")?;
 	}
diff --git a/codegen-luau/runtime/runtime.lua b/codegen-luau/runtime/runtime.lua
index d61d56d..61ce67b 100644
--- a/codegen-luau/runtime/runtime.lua
+++ b/codegen-luau/runtime/runtime.lua
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ do
 		store_byte(memory.data, addr, value)
 	end
 
+	local store_i8 = store.i32_n8
+
 	function store.i32_n16(memory, addr, value)
 		store_byte(memory.data, addr, value)
 		store_byte(memory.data, addr + 1, bit_rshift(value, 8))
@@ -533,14 +535,9 @@ do
 		store_i32(memory, addr + 4, data_2)
 	end
 
-	function allocator.new(min, max)
-		return { min = min, max = max, data = {} }
-	end
+	function store.string(memory, offset, data, len)
+		len = len or #data
 
-	local store_i8 = store.i32_n8
-
-	function allocator.init(memory, offset, data)
-		local len = #data
 		local rem = len % 4
 
 		for i = 1, len - rem, 4 do
@@ -556,6 +553,10 @@ do
 		end
 	end
 
+	function allocator.new(min, max)
+		return { min = min, max = max, data = {} }
+	end
+
 	function allocator.grow(memory, num)
 		local old = memory.min
 		local new = old + num
diff --git a/codegen-luau/src/translator.rs b/codegen-luau/src/translator.rs
index 87ea1a8..30ce89c 100644
--- a/codegen-luau/src/translator.rs
+++ b/codegen-luau/src/translator.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ fn write_data_list(wasm: &Module, type_info: &TypeInfo, w: &mut dyn Write) -> Re
 
 		write!(w, "\"")?;
 
-		write!(w, "rt.allocator.init(target, offset, data)")?;
+		write!(w, "rt.store.string(target, offset, data)")?;
 
 		write!(w, "end ")?;
 	}