diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a04b55a..bc01fc7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "arccstr"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 
 description = "Thread-safe, reference-counted null-terminated immutable strings."
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a453be3..725d675 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl ArcCStr {
             alloc::heap::Heap
                 .alloc(aul)
                 .expect("could not allocate memory"),
-        );
+        ).unwrap();
         let cstr = s.as_ptr().offset(aus as isize);
         // initialize the AtomicUsize to 1
         {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ impl ArcCStr {
         *cstr.offset(buf.len() as isize) = 0u8;
         // and we're all good
         ArcCStr {
-            ptr: Shared::new(s.as_ptr().offset(0)),
+            ptr: Shared::new(s.as_ptr().offset(0)).unwrap(),
         }
     }