diff --git a/include/nigiri/location.h b/include/nigiri/location.h
index ca7f78d2c..8e51ebec3 100644
--- a/include/nigiri/location.h
+++ b/include/nigiri/location.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct location {
            it_range<vector<location_idx_t>::const_iterator> equivalences);
   location_idx_t l_{location_idx_t::invalid()};
   std::string_view id_;
-  std::string_view name_;
+  cista::raw::string name_;
   geo::latlng pos_;
   source_idx_t src_;
   location_type type_;
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ struct location {
 }  // namespace nigiri
 
 template <>
-struct fmt::formatter<nigiri::location> : ostream_formatter {};
\ No newline at end of file
+struct fmt::formatter<nigiri::location> : ostream_formatter {};
diff --git a/src/abi.cc b/src/abi.cc
index ce25e823a..f9867b2b5 100644
--- a/src/abi.cc
+++ b/src/abi.cc
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ nigiri_location_t* nigiri_get_location(const nigiri_timetable_t* t,
   auto location = new nigiri_location_t;
   auto l = t->tt->locations_.get(lidx);
   location->name = l.name_.data();
-  location->name_len = static_cast<uint32_t>(l.name_.length());
+  location->name_len = static_cast<uint32_t>(l.name_.size());
   location->id = l.id_.data();
   location->id_len = static_cast<uint32_t>(l.id_.length());
   location->lat = l.pos_.lat_;
@@ -237,4 +237,4 @@ void nigiri_update_with_rt(const nigiri_timetable_t* t,
                            void* context) {
   auto const file = cista::mmap{gtfsrt_pb_path, cista::mmap::protection::READ};
   return nigiri_update_with_rt_from_buf(t, file.view(), callback, context);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/loader/gtfs/stop.cc b/src/loader/gtfs/stop.cc
index afff2dd1c..4340bcf82 100644
--- a/src/loader/gtfs/stop.cc
+++ b/src/loader/gtfs/stop.cc
@@ -247,7 +247,11 @@ locations_map read_stops(source_idx_t const src,
     locations.emplace(
         std::string{id},
         s->location_ = tt.locations_.register_location(location{
-            id, is_track ? s->platform_code_ : s->name_.view(), s->coord_, src,
+            id,
+            is_track ? cista::raw::string(s->platform_code_,
+                                          cista::raw::string::non_owning)
+                     : s->name_,
+            s->coord_, src,
             is_track ? location_type::kTrack : location_type::kStation,
             location_idx_t::invalid(),
             s->timezone_.empty() ? timezone_idx_t::invalid()