diff --git a/src/dstring/dstring.c b/src/dstring/dstring.c
index 71e4fb6..ebb541a 100644
--- a/src/dstring/dstring.c
+++ b/src/dstring/dstring.c
@@ -171,4 +171,10 @@ u64 dstr_capacity(const dstr_t *str) {
   return str->capacity;
 }
 
-const char *dstr_to_cstr(const dstr_t *str) { return str->buf; }
+const char *dstr_to_cstr(const dstr_t *str) {
+  if (!str) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
+  return str->buf;
+}