diff --git a/strops.c b/strops.c
index 0be260d..e88802c 100644
--- a/strops.c
+++ b/strops.c
@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ char* strops_copy(const char* string) {
     for(i = 0; i < length; i++) {
         result[i] = string[i];
     }
+    result[i] = '\0';
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+char* strops_copy_amount(const char* string, ull_t amount) {
+    if (!string) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (amount > strops_length(string)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    char* result = malloc(amount);
+
+    ull_t i;
+    for(i = 0; i < amount; i++) {
+        result[i] = string[i];
+    }
+    result[i] = '\0';
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -234,7 +253,7 @@ char* strops_trim_left_string(const char* string, const char* string_to_remove)
         for (i = 0; i < strops_length(string_to_remove); i++) {
             result  = strops_remove_at_pos_char(result, 0);
         }
-        memcpy(tmp, result, strops_length(string_to_remove));
+        tmp = strops_copy_amount(result, strops_length(string_to_remove));
     }
     free(tmp);
     result = realloc(result, strops_length(result));