diff --git a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.cpp b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.cpp
index 3f0c520fa..90c35823d 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.cpp
+++ b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.cpp
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ void CDebugMemorySearch::Search(void)
                 }
             }
             
-            m_MemoryScanner.SetValue<const char*>(value._string);
+            m_MemoryScanner.SetValue<const wchar_t*>(value._string);
             m_MemoryScanner.SetStringValueLength(stringValueLength);
             break;
         case ValueType_unkstring:
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ void CDebugMemorySearch::Search(void)
                 goto value_parse_error;
             }
         
-            m_MemoryScanner.SetValue<const char*>(value._string);
+            m_MemoryScanner.SetValue<const wchar_t*>(value._string);
             m_MemoryScanner.SetStringValueLength(stringValueLength);
             break;
         default:
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ CEditMixed::~CEditMixed(void)
 {
     if (m_String != NULL)
     {
-        free(m_String);
+        delete[] m_String;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2331,11 +2331,11 @@ void CEditMixed::ReloadString(void)
 {
     if (m_String != NULL)
     {
-        free(m_String);
+        delete[] m_String;
     }
 
     m_StringLength = GetWindowTextLength();
-    m_String = (wchar_t*) malloc(m_StringLength + 1);
+    m_String = new wchar_t[m_StringLength + 1];
     GetWindowText(m_String, m_StringLength + 1);
 }
 
@@ -2526,7 +2526,7 @@ bool CEditMixed::GetValue(double& value)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool CEditMixed::GetValueString(const char*& value, int& length)
+bool CEditMixed::GetValueString(const wchar_t*& value, int& length)
 {
     ReloadString();
 
@@ -2535,12 +2535,12 @@ bool CEditMixed::GetValueString(const char*& value, int& length)
         return false;
     }
 
-    value = (const char*)m_String;
+    value = m_String;
     length = m_StringLength;
     return true;
 }
 
-bool CEditMixed::GetValueHexString(const char*& value, int& length)
+bool CEditMixed::GetValueHexString(const wchar_t*& value, int& length)
 {
     ReloadString();
 
@@ -2558,18 +2558,19 @@ bool CEditMixed::GetValueHexString(const char*& value, int& length)
     }
 
     
-    char *hexString = (char*)malloc(numBytes);
+    char *hexString = new char[numBytes];
+    wchar_t *wchexString = new wchar_t[numBytes];
+
     CMemoryScanner::ParseHexString(hexString, string.c_str());
-    wchar_t *wchexString = (wchar_t*)malloc(numBytes * sizeof(wchar_t));
     wcscpy(wchexString, stdstr(hexString).ToUTF16().c_str());
 
-    free(hexString);
-    free(m_String);
+    delete[] hexString;
+    delete[] m_String;
 
     m_String = wchexString;
     m_StringLength = numBytes;
 
-    value = (const char*)m_String;
+    value = m_String;
     length = m_StringLength;
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.h b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.h
index 9a34e6073..3d3592faf 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.h
+++ b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/Debugger-MemorySearch.h
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public:
     bool GetValue(int64_t& value);
     bool GetValue(float& value);
     bool GetValue(double& value);
-    bool GetValueString(const char*& value, int& length);
-    bool GetValueHexString(const char*& value, int& length);
+    bool GetValueString(const wchar_t*& value, int& length);
+    bool GetValueHexString(const wchar_t*& value, int& length);
 
     BEGIN_MSG_MAP_EX(CEditMixed)
         //MSG_WM_CHAR(OnChar)
diff --git a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.cpp b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.cpp
index 5ffb74544..824c4a441 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.cpp
+++ b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.cpp
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ void CMemoryScanner::FirstScanLoopString(DisplayFormat resultDisplayFormat)
         }
 
         result.m_Address = addr | m_VAddrBits;
-        result.Set((const char*)NULL);
+        result.Set((const wchar_t*)NULL);
         m_Results.push_back(result);
     next_addr:;
     }
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ void CMemoryScanner::FirstScanLoopIString(DisplayFormat resultDisplayFormat)
         }
 
         result.m_Address = addr | m_VAddrBits;
-        result.Set((const char*)NULL);
+        result.Set((const wchar_t*)NULL);
         m_Results.push_back(result);
     next_addr:;
     }
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ void CMemoryScanner::FirstScanLoopIString(DisplayFormat resultDisplayFormat)
 // scan for text of unknown single-byte encoding
 void CMemoryScanner::FirstScanLoopUnkString(void)
 {
-    const uint8_t* str = (const uint8_t*)m_Value._string;
+    const char* str = stdstr().FromUTF16(m_Value._string).c_str();
     int length = m_StringValueLength;
     
     uint32_t startAddr = m_RangeStartAddress;
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ void CMemoryScanner::FirstScanLoopUnkString(void)
         }
 
         result.m_Address = addr | m_VAddrBits;
-        result.Set((const char*)NULL);
+        result.Set((const wchar_t*)NULL);
         m_Results.push_back(result);
 
     next_addr:;
diff --git a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.h b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.h
index 4030bac14..bc6644f33 100644
--- a/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.h
+++ b/Source/Project64/UserInterface/Debugger/MemoryScanner.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ typedef union {
     int64_t   _sint64;
     float     _float;
     double    _double;
-    const char* _string;
+    const wchar_t* _string;
 } MixedValue;
 
 class CMixed
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public:
     inline void Set(int64_t v)     { SetType(ValueType_int64);  m_Value._sint64 = v; }
     inline void Set(float v)       { SetType(ValueType_float);  m_Value._float = v; }
     inline void Set(double v)      { SetType(ValueType_double); m_Value._double = v; }
-    inline void Set(const char* v) { SetType(ValueType_string); m_Value._string = v; }
+    inline void Set(const wchar_t* v) { SetType(ValueType_string); m_Value._string = v; }
 
     inline void Get(uint8_t* v)     { *v = m_Value._uint8; }
     inline void Get(int8_t* v)      { *v = m_Value._sint8; }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public:
     inline void Get(int64_t* v)     { *v = m_Value._sint64; }
     inline void Get(float* v)       { *v = m_Value._float; }
     inline void Get(double* v)      { *v = m_Value._double; }
-    inline void Get(const char** v) { *v = m_Value._string; }
+    inline void Get(const wchar_t** v) { *v = m_Value._string; }
 
     const char* GetTypeName(void);
     int GetTypeSize(void);