diff --git a/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.cpp b/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.cpp
index a22a321bea264b23d9c7571dddd5e40ba028ac20..3313a9fa1374b9901b37fb72a0e333bccbd0138a 100644
--- a/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ void ImportPathManager::ProcessExternalLibraryImport(ImportMetadata &importData)
     // process emptry "path" in dependencies, since in interop we allow imports without typecheck
     if (!Helpers::EndsWith(std::string(externalModuleImportData.Path()), ".abc")) {
         importData.importFlags |= ImportFlags::EXTERNAL_SOURCE_IMPORT;
-        importData.ohmUrl.assign(externalModuleImportData.OhmUrl(), externalModuleImportData.OhmUrl().size());
+        util::UString ohmUrlLocal {externalModuleImportData.OhmUrl(), allocator_};
+        importData.ohmUrl = ohmUrlLocal.View().Utf8();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -99,9 +100,10 @@ void ImportPathManager::ProcessExternalLibraryImport(ImportMetadata &importData)
     // rely on the following mangling: <moduleName>.ETSGLOBAL
     auto etsGlobalSuffix = std::string(".") + std::string(compiler::Signatures::ETS_GLOBAL);
     ES2PANDA_ASSERT(Helpers::EndsWith(etsGlobalRecord->second.name, etsGlobalSuffix));
-    auto moduleName =
-        etsGlobalRecord->second.name.substr(0, etsGlobalRecord->second.name.size() - etsGlobalSuffix.size());
-    importData.ohmUrl = moduleName;
+    util::UString moduleName {
+        etsGlobalRecord->second.name.substr(0, etsGlobalRecord->second.name.size() - etsGlobalSuffix.size()),
+        allocator_};
+    importData.ohmUrl = moduleName.View().Utf8();
 
     auto annotations = etsGlobalRecord->second.metadata->GetAnnotations();
     auto moduleDeclarationAnno = std::find_if(annotations.begin(), annotations.end(), [](auto &anno) {
diff --git a/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.h b/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.h
index 02273bf0ecc26abf0c5e2a14686dee8727451b2e..5979defc02dffb03ad8774f5ddb4ddd3e82b7b06 100644
--- a/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.h
+++ b/ets2panda/util/importPathManager.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public:
         Language::Id lang {Language::Id::COUNT};
         std::string_view resolvedSource {};
         std::string_view declPath {};
-        std::string ohmUrl {};
+        std::string_view ohmUrl {};
         std::string_view declText {};
         // NOLINTEND(misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes)