diff --git a/plugins/libimhex/include/hex/pattern_language/ast_node.hpp b/plugins/libimhex/include/hex/pattern_language/ast_node.hpp
index 79fbe2796..3479c422d 100644
--- a/plugins/libimhex/include/hex/pattern_language/ast_node.hpp
+++ b/plugins/libimhex/include/hex/pattern_language/ast_node.hpp
@@ -1421,6 +1421,7 @@ namespace hex::pl {
                 else {
                     value.resize(pattern->getSize());
                     evaluator->getProvider()->read(pattern->getOffset(), value.data(), value.size());
+                    value.erase(std::find(value.begin(), value.end(), '\0'), value.end());
                 }
             };
 
@@ -1476,6 +1477,7 @@ namespace hex::pl {
                 else {
                     value.resize(pattern->getSize());
                     evaluator->getProvider()->read(pattern->getOffset(), value.data(), value.size());
+                    value.erase(std::find(value.begin(), value.end(), '\0'), value.end());
                 }
 
                 literal = value;