diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp b/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp
index 02513286..52002de2 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/process_context.hpp
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ struct process_context
     handle_store<handle_types::port, port> ports{};
     handle_store<handle_types::mutant, mutant> mutants{};
     handle_store<handle_types::registry, registry_key, 2> registry_keys{};
-    std::map<uint16_t, std::wstring> atoms{};
+    std::map<uint16_t, std::u16string> atoms{};
 
     std::vector<std::byte> default_register_set{};
 
diff --git a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp
index d46dbb8f..69448eff 100644
--- a/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp
+++ b/src/windows-emulator/syscalls.cpp
@@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ namespace
     NTSTATUS handle_NtAddAtomEx(const syscall_context& c, const uint64_t atom_name, const ULONG length,
                                 const emulator_object<RTL_ATOM> atom, const ULONG /*flags*/)
     {
-        std::wstring name{};
+        std::u16string name{};
         name.resize(length / 2);
 
         c.emu.read_memory(atom_name, name.data(), length);