diff --git a/src/emucore/DefProps.hxx b/src/emucore/DefProps.hxx
index e6c241c18..47d8c4150 100644
--- a/src/emucore/DefProps.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/DefProps.hxx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 static constexpr uInt32 DEF_PROPS_SIZE = 3637;
 
-static constexpr BSPF::array2D<const char*, DEF_PROPS_SIZE, 29> DefProps = {{
+static constexpr BSPF::array2D<string_view, DEF_PROPS_SIZE, 29> DefProps = {{
   { "000509d1ed2b8d30a9d94be1b3b5febb", "Greg Zumwalt", "", "Jungle Jane (2003) (Greg Zumwalt) (Hack)", "Hack of Pitfall!", "Hack", "", "", "", "{\"score_addresses\":[\"0xd5\",\"0xd6\",\"0xd7\"],\"score_digits\":6,\"variations_count\":1}", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" },
   { "0060a89b4c956b9c703a59b181cb3018", "CommaVid, Irwin Gaines - Ariola", "CM-008 - 712 008-720", "Cakewalk (1983) (CommaVid) (PAL)", "AKA Alarm in der Backstube", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" },
   { "007d18dedc1f0565f09c42aa61a6f585", "CCE", "C-843", "Worm War I (1983) (CCE)", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" },
diff --git a/src/tools/create_props.pl b/src/tools/create_props.pl
index 8c7d5b51f..f442cf18c 100755
--- a/src/tools/create_props.pl
+++ b/src/tools/create_props.pl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ print OUTFILE "  regenerated and the application recompiled.\n";
 print OUTFILE "*/\n";
 print OUTFILE "\nstatic constexpr uInt32 DEF_PROPS_SIZE = " . $setsize . ";";
 print OUTFILE "\n\n";
-print OUTFILE "static constexpr BSPF::array2D<const char*, DEF_PROPS_SIZE, " . $typesize . "> DefProps = {{\n";
+print OUTFILE "static constexpr BSPF::array2D<string_view, DEF_PROPS_SIZE, " . $typesize . "> DefProps = {{\n";
 
 # Walk the hash map and print each item in order of md5sum
 my $idx = 0;