diff --git a/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/ManagedObject.cpp b/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/ManagedObject.cpp
index e71e88aa0..30ce79b94 100644
--- a/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/ManagedObject.cpp
+++ b/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/ManagedObject.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,15 @@ namespace REFrameworkNET {
                             break;
                         }
 
-                        const auto offset = field_type->IsValueType() ? field_type->GetField("_firstChar")->GetOffsetFromFieldPtr() : field_type->GetField("_firstChar")->GetOffsetFromBase();
+                        const auto firstCharField = field_type->GetField("_firstChar");
+                        uint32_t offset = 0;
+
+                        if (firstCharField != nullptr) {
+                            offset = field_type->IsValueType() ? firstCharField->GetOffsetFromFieldPtr() : firstCharField->GetOffsetFromBase();
+                        } else {
+                            const auto fieldOffset = *(uint32_t*)(*(uintptr_t*)strObject - sizeof(void*));
+                            offset = fieldOffset + 4;
+                        }
 
                         wchar_t* chars = (wchar_t*)((uintptr_t)strObject + offset);
                         result = gcnew System::String(chars);
diff --git a/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/Method.cpp b/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/Method.cpp
index a91b7e012..f46c309b4 100644
--- a/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/Method.cpp
+++ b/csharp-api/REFrameworkNET/Method.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,15 @@ bool Method::HandleInvokeMember_Internal(System::Object^ obj, System::String^ me
                 // Maybe don't create the GC version and just use the native one?
                 auto strObject = gcnew REFrameworkNET::ManagedObject((::REFrameworkManagedObjectHandle)tempResult->QWord);
                 auto strType = strObject->GetTypeDefinition();
-                const auto offset = strType->GetField("_firstChar")->GetOffsetFromBase();
+                const auto firstCharField = strType->GetField("_firstChar");
+                uint32_t offset = 0;
+
+                if (firstCharField != nullptr) {
+                    offset = strType->GetField("_firstChar")->GetOffsetFromBase();
+                } else {
+                    const auto fieldOffset = *(uint32_t*)(*(uintptr_t*)tempResult->QWord - sizeof(void*));
+                    offset = fieldOffset + 4;
+                }
 
                 wchar_t* chars = (wchar_t*)((uintptr_t)strObject->Ptr() + offset);
                 result = gcnew System::String(chars);